Posts Tagged ‘the EU’
Tayyip ♥ Mahmoud
October 28th, 2009 by lifeproof
The Guardian was very surprised to hear from Turkish PM, Tayyip Erdogan to say that Iran (Mahmoud Ahmedinejad) is a friend of Turkey. It is quite surprising for me to see that they are surprised at this statement. This friendship was obvious, inevitable–and to be fair: quite logical. I have been saying continuously, even before [...]
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Democratic initiative, Iran, Israel, Kurdish, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mesopotamia, Russia, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Tehran, the East, the EU, The Guardian, the West, Turkey
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Democracy Lessons vs. Democratic Lessons
September 25th, 2009 by lifeproof
I had friends visiting Istanbul from New York recently. As usual, we had a deep conversation about life, Turkish culture, touristic places, food, Orientalism… you know where this kind of conversations ultimately lead to… and finally, the War in Iraq. Through to the end of our conversation, I utilized an analogy, which I use in [...]
Tags: democracy, iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi, New York, New York City, Orientalism, Saddam Hussein, the EU, the USA, Turkey
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