Put clowns in charge and you'll get a circus. Öküz saraya çıkınca kral olmaz. Am...

oersted · 2025-04-03T16:04:16 1743696256

Translation: When the ox goes to the palace, he does not become a king. But the palace becomes a barn.

ben_w · 2025-04-03T15:49:16 1743695356

> Öküz saraya çıkınca kral olmaz. Ama saray ahır olur.

I like the saying, but why Turkish? It's known in English also.

kurthr · 2025-04-03T16:27:07 1743697627

I'm sure it has a lot of sources, but it was popularized more recently as a mistranslated Circassian proverb, which caused a Turkish journalist to go to jail and then was picked up by various English news outlets.

EasyMark · 2025-04-04T04:45:11 1743741911

Some of you may die, but its a sacrifice I'm willing to make. --Farquaad

leptoniscool · 2025-04-03T17:04:29 1743699869

A crown on a fool's head does not make him a king.