Talk:Turkish Abductions

Numbers in the Turk raid

Someone has been quoting Wilson. Pirate Utopias, 2003, p. 100 to argue that there is a disagreement about the number of people seized in the raid, and that some say 400 whilst some say 8. This is a misreading of the English which implies that the difference is between 400 or 800 not 8. This is, in any case, a quote from a book by Gosse (not properly referenced by Wilson). Even a cursory examination of the primary texts shows that the figure assumed is not 8 (!). For goodness sake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.29.250.70 (talk) 10:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

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There is no evidence that Reykjavik was pirated at the time, and in fact never, and it is also wrong that only young and fit people were abducted. At least the priest of Vestmannaeyjar was kidnapped, a man of age, and his wife, for the purpose of getting ransom for releasing them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.26.90 (talk) 09:13, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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Isn't the article title a bit of a misnomer? Seeing as how there were no Turks involved at all, it was a raid by Moroccan pirates under the command of a Dutch commander. Morocco was never under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman empire.Oxr033 (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Such distinctions were by no means always clear to Europeans -- especially not to those in Iceland! AnonMoos (talk) 12:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

"Majority disowned Christians"

M.Bitton, the source cited for this statement is from 1650 and it is not a source that is about this event, making it a clear synthesis of sources. I cannot find any modern sources making this claim. 194.105.229.170 (talk) 10:35, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

The cited source supports the statement (there is no synthesis). Whether it's about this event or not is another matter. M.Bitton (talk) 23:57, 16 September 2022 (UTC)