American isle in a supermarket was removed and was instead replaced by Turkish products

good, probably much tastier too

maybe even healthier.
- ~~maybe even~~ certainly healthier.
  Fixed that for you. Anything is healthier than American "food". Even British foods, possibly.
- more variety too, americans have very bland taste buds.
- It's hard to make out but this all looks like (very dry) buiscuits. If they're really Turkish I can't recommend them (at least not without chai and you want sugar with that, so not really very healthy).

Wait until they hear about Erdogan.

Virtually no one here likes Erdogan whatsoever, but our interests in relation to Ukraine and weakening USA/Russia aligns in this particular case. Turkey is a large country that actually borders the EU and has the largest non-European diaspora living here; keeping somwhat cood relations makes sense, even if I'd never want to see them join the Union and know we can never fully trust them.
As we lost our biggest ally, trading with another large country with a significant military makes perfect sense. Besides, Turkish food is actually great, especially compared to murican trash
- Totally get that, and I won't ever make any false equivalence or both-sides arguments.
  I was just surprised they went with Turkish instead of, say, Mexican or Spanish, or another country not as problematic.
He is a million times better than Trump and has far far less blood on his hands than either Trump or Biden
Turkiye isn't engaging in economic warfare against Europe
Turkiye welcomed Syrian and Ukrainian refugees escaping the wars
Turkiye supports Ukraine in various ways such as drones
Turkiye is a Muslim country as well as a European country, so it is in an odd place to be but also bridges both worlds.
Edit: I know about the Kurds, I am from the Middle East. Turkiye had a history of racist nationalism that Erdogan actually campaigns against. Turkiye and Erdogan are not angels or innocent but are a far lesser evil than many others.
- He literally blocks all new NATO membership and you claim he has no blood on his hands?
  Edit: and I assume he has finally taken action towards earthquake building safety? Or is that still just god’s will?
  Edit2: funny that you have time to talk to me about cookie flavors but pretend these questions don’t exist
- You didn't mention the Kurds. Turkey's action towards Kurds is one of the main reasons to dislike Turkey.
- I'm sorry but all the campaigning in the world doesn't matter when he can't stop the oppression of Kurds as the leader of his country.
- ITT: people ignoring the genocides they've committed, while pointing out other's
- also, turkiye seems to be on the verge of working things out with ocalan and the kurds, which is impressive
- Turkey is a secular land, and fuck you and your Ergodan apologia

Pretty ironic, considering that Turkey under Erdogan is just as close to dictatorship as the US under Trump...

Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.
Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.
There is a huge Turkish population in Germany, that seems to be the most probable reason.

I'm scared of the spin angle from a Turkish knockoff The Boys.
It might unironically be more in line with the comics though.
- I would be surprised if they didn't already done that, seeing how prolific is their movie production series
  (Since a couple years TV channels in my European country are broadcasting dozens and dozens Turkish tv series dubbed in local language, and my country has no ties with Turkey, only 0.3% of the immigrants are Turkish)
Türklündar

What food from the USA would anyone in Europe actually want? Genuine question.

Oreos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkYw4dp_NI&t=4
- There's a Turkish alternative that actually tastes better. I keep forgetting the brand name though.
- Yeah, no. Those things are really an acquired taste.
I'm imagining peanut butter, BBQ sauce, pumpkin pie filling, and maybe a few breakfast foods like cream of wheat. Not all of our foods are terrible nightmares, they're just either available in different aisles or not super popular to justify being everywhere.
The intersection of "American", "novelty" and "popular enough to import but not enough to fully stock" is probably mostly candy, pop tarts and Lucky charms.
https://www.thetimes.com/article/us-trade-war-german-peanut-butter-lovers-feel-crunch-q55bs3r8t
The last time trump was around and pulled this type of shit peanut butter was one of the things people had issues with, since the US produces a lot of peanuts and peanut butter.
- I'm German and I suspect it's a bit cringier than that. Out of the products you listed peanut butter is the only one that's available virtually everywhere. You can get all of the other stuff as well but mostly online or at dedicated candy shops. The only other item I can think of is Jack Daniel's and probably some other spirits. So what was sold in the US section? The answer is probably German made stuff that's stereotypically American. This may include spray cheese, creatively flavored bbq sauces, other condiments like relish, brioche burger and hot dog buns, cookies, brownies, muffins, donuts and my favorite because you guys don't even eat that: actual plastic buckets filled with sweet popcorn.
Besides the stuff people already listed, I know sections like this here in Germany, and they often (not always) just have "American style" products - basically some weird hybrids of what a European imagines America to be like, but for European palates. So I bet - unless this was a section with true import stuff - any American would be confused why they never heard of any of these products.
Lucky Charms and Nerds. I think it’s mostly for Americans in Europe actually. It’s all quite expensive and I’ve never seen anyone buy it.
Well the fact that, no fewer than 3 times, the Great British Bake-off judges have said something to the effect of “Wow! Your combination of peanuts and jam is a brilliant and unique flavor!” has taught me that maybe we really do have something to share with the world.
Decent crunchy PB.
- Over the last few years some Australian and New Zealand brands have emerged which are just fucking magnificent.
  this stuff is fucking amazing. Just nuts and salt but jesus tap dancing christ those nuts.
- Aldi (Nord) here in Europe has some amazing ones.
American living in Portugal here. The only things from home I buy with any regularity are peanut butter (the crunchy kind) and bourbon. Pretty much everything else has an EU-made equivalent with way less scary sounding chemicals on the ingredient list.
- expat
  *migrant
- american food
  look inside
  carcinogen
- i never tried almond, or cashew butter, theres also powdered peanut butter these are usually sold at more bougie stores though. ive seen sunflower and macademia butter too.
We have oreos here in Australia, but they're probably manufactured somewhere in Asia by am American conglomerate in the same way the rest of our confectionery is.

I would have replaced it with a Mexican food aisle

Mexican on the bottom half of shelves, Canadian on the top half of shelves.

Turkiye makes better quality food at a lower price.

One pseudo democracy or the other... Doesn't matter...

What is it called when you're actually proud of seeing your country exposed as the tyrannical monster you've always known it to be, are happy to see other nations no longer kissing its ass, and desire nothing more than for the rulers of the nation to fall and suffer as you have?

It's this weird Reverse Patriotism I'm filled with

- Google says this isn't a word
Schadenfreude?
- Happiness at the misfortune of others? No... not really. I'm not happy that other people are suffering, I'm happy that people have accurately identified the source of their suffering.
It's called being an anti imperialist that lives in the imperial core. Next start listening to some Michael Parenti. Sadly it's taken the US directing it's imperialism at western countries to wake up to it. But better late than never.
https://youtu.be/odWerz1Az6k

The Turks did more for Germany than any US-American so good choice

Unironicly i have to agree
Marshal plan?
- You ever wondered why there are so many Turks in Germany? They rebuilt this country and to this day they are an important and sizeable part of society.
  The other one was just a self-serving payout to gather Allies for their Cold War.

- I'm sorry, but I can't let this misinformation stand. It's hedgehogs, not porcupines.
Bourbon is really good though. It’s probably the only thing I’ll miss. Oh well.
- Not like we have better stuff on the continent

There should be far more coffee and cigarettes, but a nice spread overall!

Ha yeah 'American food' - like who needs marshmallows and Pop Tarts anyway?

The marshmallows are there for the same reason as canned pumpkin and cranberry sauce: 🦃 Thanksgiving. There's no excuse for Poptarts.
- Who eats marshmallows on thanksgiving?

Why did American stuff get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks!

Damn it. Good show.

Good upgrade honestly

I’d say while it’s a fine sentiment, Turkey isn’t really the best choice as far as being a hybrid regime ruled by the same guy for decades. Good food though.

as a trump-hating american i am just kinda happy that turkiye gets to be fully counted as european now

Weird, most Americans would not spell it that way.
- yeah but i read wikipedia a lot
I don't think any European would consider them "European" tbh, but we need allies and we have shared interests right now. And their food is great!

aisle

I agree, aisle is both correct and traditional.
I'm willing to grant, however, that in a grocery store the aisles could be interpreted as the areas where the shoppers and employees stroll, around a very organized archipelago of shelving islands/isles stacked with merchandise.
- Produce sections in the US often look like little islands of colorful objects
ile.

Krasnov Trump American isle was removed.

I see Turkish products are a LOT cheaper than the American stuff.

Tbf, I always ignore the American isles and go wild on the Turkish ones. So much good stuff!

Nothing can beat baklava and halva.
- i mean, kebab?
- helva is a bit on the sweet side (read: potentially heart attack inducing) as far as I'm concerned, but each to their own. The hearty foods however... <3

I bet it doesn’t have as much chemicals as in the US.

This "buy european" campaign sound like nationalistic bullshit to me. Here you are replacing american products with products from a country ruled by a dictator.

It's not american, it's divided states of american - there's actual countries in America, unlike the divided states ruled by a fascist silicon valley elite with a puppet in the white house
Erdoğan is a totalitarian, but there's a higher chance for him to be defeated in elections (and him giving up power) than for the Republinazis.
Turkish people - including those who voted for the totalitarian leader - are absolutely more likable than MAGA dipshits.
So doesn't make much of a difference then, except fewer emissions