Dear Ms. Sevindi, Please read this article, written by a Turkish journalist, and see for yourself that racism is alive and well in Turkey. Turkey is much more anti-Christian than the EU is anti-Muslim. Turkey is one of the most anti-Christian countries in the entire Muslim world. To see you persisting with your make-believe line that “Turks are not racist, but Europe is” is pitiful beyond description… Lionel Rose A European in US Lionel Rose [mailto:outerconcept@yahoo.com AND MY ANSWER TO HER:If you wish to see the best way to misunderstand or distort what you read, you should get know the author of this comment.

Europe is famous with its history of racism and ethnic discrimination, and the U.S. history is full of atrocities committed against Native and African Americans and full of disgraceful historical documents of racism. On the contrary, churches, mosques and synagogues lived and worshipped side by side under the roof of the Ottoman Empire for 600 years. Rumi lived in the 13th century, and again while different religions were living in peace, the crusaders were busy with mass murders in Byzantium and Anatolia. The ones who slaughtered Christians, didn’t they lived in Europe? Catholics slaughtered Protestants, didn’t they? For the ones who have the problem of losing their memories, this truth must be screamed out. The minds who are fond of false accusations, are the ones who dynamite world’s peace. They are the mental terrorists under the name of enlightened people. They are enemies to information. Read and know them. Time for a New Definition for Nationalism In Europe Islam is a concept that is being fabricated in people’s minds. This danger grows with people’s fears, politicians playing on these fears and provocations of the media. European intellectuals are people who comprehend Islam and its culture. A professor of religion said at a fast-breaking dinner that in Europe those from other religions were burned. In 1555 a decision was made that everyone could choose the religion in their own region. Burning left migration in its place. In 1792 Madam de La Roque settled in Aachen with her mother. While escaping from the oppression of the French army, they eventually arrived in Bremen. She explains in her memoirs how the tolerance of Germans decreased in the North. A sign above the city gate in Aachen said “Jews and immigrants can’t stay.” The state of Westphalia was described as being more savage than civilized. A thinker and photographer I talked with in China said that before the revolution it was written “Dogs and Chinese cannot enter” on coffee-shop doors. I saw in his face what it meant to live like this in a city like Shanghai. In other words, just as Western racist ideology was practiced in Europe; it was perpetuated in every country under their exploitation, as well. I would suggest that everyone who says that Turkey is nationalistic should live in Europe. In Turkey during the Cold War, anyone could be gotten rid of by labeling them as a communist. It struck the freedom of universities the most. Now the Cold War is over. The Western world has chosen Islam as its enemy, but Turkey chose ‘political reaction.’ In every political period making the “other” a scapegoat only brings about destruction. It’s putting an embargo on the country’s future, tying up intelligence and letting the dogs loose. A blood stain is permanent. For that reason, it is essential to struggle against terror that murders the innocent. Outside of that, making a blood feud and going after the “other” does not unite a nation; it divides it. Turkey needs a homogeneous society more than ever. A body lives together with differences, but in agreement on homogeneous cultural values. Without a common base, you can’t put common goals. A Turkey without common goals will turn like an empty spinning wheel. Another German intellectual made this observation about Turkey: “When I first went to Konya, I never thought it would affect me this deeply. I’ve gone 30 times to date. Konya is called Turkey’s most conservative place. I don’t think so. Some of the Turks in Germany are very much behind Konya in culture. Without looking at the difference between villager and city dweller, they put everyone in the same basket due to Islam.” Europe is trying to take out on the “other” the pain of not being able to define its own identity. As long as Turkey doesn’t define its own identity, it will try and be superior to the “other,” but for nothing! Europe is a political, cultural region that has lived and is living in the most extreme state of nationalism. Because our culture is not racist, we can’t be that nationalistic. We need a new definition of nationalism. The creation of this definition requires a serious theoretical study, not coffee talk. This century is a period when developed countries are quickly becoming renewed and changing concepts. If Turkey becomes isolationist, it will remain beyond the world. This means it will become a dinosaur that continues to live in the Cold War period. If they hadn’t opposed this, where would Havel and his intellectual friends be today in the Czech Republic? We can’t advance by being enemies of Europe and America. We can’t escape mental atrophy. What’s important is not what they did, but what we didn’t do. The things we haven’t done and those who prevented us are our own cultural Great Wall of China. Those who don’t love their own culture and religion don’t love themselves. Does someone who doesn’t love himself have a future? He can be in power, but nothing else. There are those who appear to love, but they aren’t sincere. They are at least as dangerous as the other dinosaurs. Sincerity is possible with knowledge. Our forefathers said, “Instead of an ignorant friend, let me have an intelligent enemy.” Turkey should reject the freedom to be ignorant and pass over this threshold. We have to be able to open the road to knowledge, wisdom and sagacity. October 10, 2006 Dear Mrs Sevindi I liked very much your comments in Zaman and I also re-published your last article of 10/10 to my web based blog at www.mouroutis.com. Regards, Christos N. Mouroutis EuroCapital Finance AD

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Avrupa’da İslam zihinlerde yeniden üretilen bir kavram. Elbette, tehlike, halkın korkuları ve bunun üstüne oynayan politikacılarla, provokasyonla para kazanan medya. Avrupalı entelektüeller İslam’ı da, kültürü de kavrayan insanlar.
 

Gazetecinin Hiç Mahçup Yan olamadığı An

Bizde bu yan yan gitme eki olmadığından söyleyelim ki arkadaş gazeteyi hiç beğenmediğini şöyle tarif etti bana:neden kızıyorsun ki Turkuaz’da yazdırmıyorlar diye.Bu gazete zaten değersiz taşlardan bir kolye gibi ha bu taş, ha diğeri ne fark eder.Hepsi değrsiz zaten.ben paramı alırım başka şeyle de ilgilenmem.NAsıl gazeteci “zırt” der anlaşılıyor sanırım.
Ayrıca benim turkuaz’a temenna ile getirilip bir kibarlık ederek söylenmeden kapı dışarı edilmeme kızmıştım bir YAn yan gelip köşeye yatacak diye değil. O seçenin kalitesidir ne de ols ki bana yaptığı da he rtürlü nezaket ve insanlıktan uzak bir davranıştı.  

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