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Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
Posted on 25/02/2005 1:38 pm
Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
Hi All,
Let me introduce you the one of the most popular holiday destinations of the meditteranean sea. Yes, you are right.. it is Turkey. (Sometimes we prefer to call it "Turkiye", because of the other meaning of the English word "Turkey" 
That should be a bad joke of the English people, when they decided to name our country..
Turkey is a Secular-Republic founded in 1923 by the revolutionist Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( http://www.ataturk.org/index2.html ). The vast majority of the population is Muslim. (%99 as claimed by some authorities) but because of the strictly secular structure of the government and because of the own-Turkish interpretation of the Muslim religion, Turkey tends to look like a more European country than an Arabic country which is governed under Religion rules.
Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey. It is also the official language of the country. Turkish has nothing to do with the Arabic language, as most people at first glance may think. Turkish languge originates from Middle-Asia and it is close relative of the languages spoken in Azerbaijan, Tuerkmenistan, Kirgizistan, Tacikistan and Uezbekistan. (Mutual understanding is possible esspecially with Azerbaijani Turkish dialect). If we deeply look into the roots of the language, we can see that languages like Hungarian and Finnish also come from the same family, as Turkish comes from. (Ural-Altaic Language Family. More info: http://home.unilan...Ural-Altaic_languages )
There are also some common Cliches regarding Turkey which are not necessarily correct. Regarding to clarify those questions, I would advise the following web site: http://www.orkun.org/question/
Capital of Turkey is Ankara. It is NOT Istanbul, as many people think. Istanbul is the most-populated and biggest city of Turkey with around 12 million people living there. The other important cities are Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Antalya(quite famous in Germany)
Turkey is a member of NATO since 1952 ( http://www.nato.int/turkey/turkey2.htm ) This joining date is earlier than most of the European countries.
Turkey is planning to join EU as well. Negotiations are supposed to open this year. Turkey is already part of the EU Customs-Union and Turkish citizens are treated differently than the other 3rd country citizens in EU because of the mutual aggrements between EU and Turkey.
If you want more information, please do ask or you can also visit the official web-page prepared by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. ( http://www.turkey.org )
Regards,
Lacrima
lacrima
Member since 14/11/2003
Posted on 17/03/2005 12:34 pm
Re: Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
I'm done
I would like to come to Berlin whenever you propose.
But, definitely not to talk about politics, do not care a lot about politics. The sentence just came into my eye, and I wanted to tell another side of the story.
By the way, DVD I voted for your letter to BMI:
All the best,
Vladimir
VR
Member since 25/05/2004
Posted on 17/03/2005 12:41 pm
Re: Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
those numbers tell nothing. You did not say how many serbs was in Serbia before war.
But % who left and who stayed are not important.
If someone wants to go from Croatia or from Serbia because they are shitty countries (which is true) that is no problem at all. Problem is if he can not stay or if he loses everything that he had.
Important is that Serbs are free to live in Cro if they want.
Do you know that Vrankovic (kosarkas) is serb.
Those who lost house can even get money from croatian government to build it again.
But lots of croats had been send away from Serbia and left their houses to serbs.
So in short everyone in Cro can get his rights according to law but in Serbia law does not protect croats from serbs.
DvD
Member since 30/11/2004
Posted on 17/03/2005 12:41 pm
Re: Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
Hallo Detlef,
du hast Recht, solche Themen sind nicht ganz für die Sprachverbesserung geeignet.
Aber trotzdem - du als Deutsche bzw. Deutschland allgemein öffentlich über Juden, über die Geschichte spricht. Ihr habt es anerkannt was geschah und damit vermeidet man die Widerholung, Warum denn die "Bridge between Europe und Asia" es nicht anerkennen kann? Sollte man so in EU rein kommen? Darf es noch mal passieren?
Viele hier wollen ja dauerhaft in Deutschland leben, die dürfen auch über die Geschichte etwas wissen.
Gruss,
ashka
ashka
Member since 25/03/2004
Posted on 17/03/2005 1:05 pm
Re: Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
@ashka
Stop it.. I told you my arguments and told you the reliability of the sources that you gave. You can not even answer to that and you are just repeating yourself. Why should I/a Nation accept smt which didnt happen ? please show your evidences and show indepedendent history experts under UN controlled courts which clearly proves that such thing happened. Our archieves are open for all international historians who want to investigate it. It was WAR, Armenians killed Turks, Turks killed Armenians.. During the war time, people kill each other.. "Genocide" is something else.. Do you know how many Turks were killed during WW1 by Armenian Troops ? no.. you dont.. then please stop it.. and do not use imaginary Novels as a proof for your claims.. that makes the whole story more ridiculous..
@Detlef
Can not we do it at the beginning/middle of June ? I have never been to Berlin and this looks like a good opportunity for me to organize a trip to Berlin but May does not look that suitable for me..
@DvD
Sorry, I didnt want to trigger a discussion regarding the Serbs and Croats.. was just curious regarding the news I heard..
Regards,
Lacrima
lacrima
Member since 14/11/2003
Posted on 17/03/2005 5:56 pm
Re: Turkey A Bridge between Europe and Asia
Hi all,
Today was our forum a little bit too hot. But I think it gives an important lesson: any war is cruel because thousend of people dye on them, many families are desmembered, the aftermath is even worse: not schools, not drink water, not electricity and many deeply rooted wrong ideas about the other.
All the wars bring us pain, desolation and tears. All the wars are whole lifes that go no where for no reasons.
How far can we go with rage at the heart? The answer is simple: it will take us much longer to understand the differences, it will take generations before we could tend bridge between even neighbourhoods. It will take us even decades before we can understand who is and what does that human being from the other side think about life.
Most of the time a war starts because we are unable to understand what the other wants.
We can not change pitfully some aspects of the human history, but we can and should learn about it to avoid the same mistakes.
I am happy to see that Meeting the world is a space to share ideas and facts. And I will be even happier if we use "meeting the world" to enjoy the fabulous treasures other cultures have.
Looking forward to meet you here in Berlin
Juliana
juligori
Member since 23/02/2005
