Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-33647966-20171115111112/@comment-28343369-20171115193835

Kickratgames wrote: High King Ithilion wrote: Enough of this "RHUDEL IS TURKISH". Rhudel isn't meant to be any culture save Rhudel. It's loosely modelled after a generic Asiatic culture, yes, but it isn't a carbon-copy of a Middle-eastern or Chinese one.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) I said Rhudel is like​ turkey. I am not saying it is a carbon copy. I am saying it shares more similarities to Turkey than China

I wouldn't even go that far. As I stated on a past thread, some generic things are obviously going to draw some inspiration from real life. Whole cultures on the other hand, will not. Tolkien certainly wasn't one for unoriginality. While Rhudel may have that "Oriental Style," it is most certainly not analogous to modern-day nations like Turkey or China.