We are all used to new claims appearing on the internet every day. While some of these claims can at least be funny, some go no further than angering society or causing interaction about society’s sensitivities.

One of these posts is today. on Twitter appeared before us. One post claimed that Turkey was shown among the Arab states in Google searches. Although the flag of some Arab countries and Turkey can be seen in the image after searching in the form of Arab states, the reason for this is different.

If you type “Arab States” into Google, is the result real because Google thinks we’re Arabs?

Answer is no. The situation here is actually due to a great feature from Google that works really well in other areas: similar searches. So let’s say you’re researching something, Google tells you “Look, those who searched for this topic also looked at this and that.” This way you see different alternatives.

The same function is also used here. In the quest in the form of Arab states, the first from Wikipedia We see the related article and the map. On that map, while the Arab states are colored green, Turkey appears as gray.

Under similar searches Turkey does not exist either. Non-Arab States under Other User Searches Iranian (Persians) and Israel is also included. In other words, the situation we encounter here is not that Google considers us an Arab state, but a search recommendation based on the fact that our country is often searched with similar keywords or searches for our region.