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Comment by esafak

19 hours ago

imza is signature while şifre is password. I imagine the conflation occurred because signatures are used like passwords for authentication...

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NextHendrix  19 hours ago

Likewise, the monogram of the sitting english monarch (as seen on postboxes and so forth) is the "Royal Cypher".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_cypher

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