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March 7 2005
The Most Distinguish Characteristic of Modern Turkish Nationalism:
Denial of Reality, Xenophobia, Racism, and Anti-Semitism
By: Amed Demirhan
Mar 7, 2005
The people in Turkey from elementary school and on are indoctrinated
with denial of historical realities and socio-ethnographical and
cultural diversity in their country. All form of mass media daily
reinforces this abnormality, and any one that questions this, will
become subject of the witch-hunt. When, one listens to mainstream
Turkish politician and "educated class" one wonders if they are from
the plant of Earth or somewhere else? The recent debate in Turkey is
a typical example of this abnormalities: the government foreign
policy; the mass medias which hunts against writer Orhan Pamuk
statement in regards to Armenian genocide and crime against Kurds,
and the Ministry of environment and forest changing name of wild
animals just to exclude words Kurdistan and Armenian, and the
increase in Anti-Semitism are typical characteristics of modern
Turkish nationalism. This type of nationalism as evidenced in many
historical examples is harmful to every one including the nation it
advocate for, therefore, standing against current Turkish nationalism
is as important as standing against Nazism, Stalinism, Saddams~R
Regime and Bathism. It is in the best interest of Turkish people to
be liberated from this illness.
The government of Turkey still refuses to call Bath~Rsist
(Sunni-Hanafi) and Islamic Fascist in central Iraq terrorist. In the
past many time Turkey had strongly protested United States lead
freedom forces victory in the city of Falluga and Tell Afar, in Iraq,
but until now it never protested terrorist attacks against civilian
in Iraq. At the same time it had characterized Israel~Rs shelve
defense acts against terrorist Islam-I Jihad organization as state
terrorism. Recently a Turkish news portal "Haber X (3/2/050) reported
that about 400 Turks are fighting against the USA lead freedom forces
in Iraq with terrorist leader Al-Zarkavi. It noted that these
fighters are veterans from Bosnian war against Serbia. This indicates
that Turkish government knows who are these "Turkish ~V Islamic"
fighters because almost all of those fighters that went to Bosnia,
Chechnya, and in the past to Afghanistan went via Turkish
intelligence services. In addition, in March first of this year 200
Turkish "intellectuals": journalists, professors, writers, and some
"civic" organization representative visited Syria to show their
solidarity with Syrian dictatorship against Western pressure and the
United Nation request for Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. Most of
these 200 people are closely related to the state (its hard to call
them civilian). March 1, is significant, it is the day Turkish
Parliament under Turkish military pressure refused to let the USA
lead forces go through Turkey and open a second front against Saddams
regime. This indicate that Turkish regime is the most
anti-Westernization and democratization of the Middle East because it
sees freedom as a treat to its regime.
One may expect a Turkey that had received a negotiation date from
European Union (EU) may act little better internally but looking in a
recent debate it is doubtful and domestic policy like its foreign
policy is anti-democratic. Last week one of the most famous Turkish
writers Orhan Pamuk in an interview stated, that One million Armenian
and 30,000 Kurds had been victim of the state (Turkish state). About
90% of media commentators started a lynching company against the
author and political organization like infamous "Gray Wolfe" movement
send death treat to the author. In fact Mr. Pamuk~Rs statement could
have been subject of a serious debate and his statement is very
questionable because more than one million Armenian and
Assurian/Keldan have been killed and the number of Kurds have been
killed since foundation of the Turkish republic is very high and
millions were deported from their homes. This shows how much free
debate is possible in Turkey that prepares to join to EU?
The republic of Turkey prohibited every thing that wasn~Rt Turkish in
historic multinational and cultural diverse geography and named them
in Turkish from beginning. Apparently they have forgotten few wild
animals name like: "~QVulpes Vulpes Kürdistanicum" (A fox in Kurdistan
area) and "Ovis Armeniana" (wild sheep in old Armenia) in their
scientific classification. The ministry of environment and forest
acted right away on this discovery and changed their name to Turkish.
(http://www.haberx.com 3/5/05). I wonder if any one knows or heard
this kind of xenophobia, racism and hatred anywhere? Even Sheep and
Foxes cannot be Armenian or Kurdistani? The modern Turkish
nationalism is founded of the denial of reality and has been
indoctrinating its population in this denial and hatred on any thing
that is not Turkish. This is fundamental problem for every one who
has to deal with Turkish regime. Despite every thing the official
doctrine is totally bankrupted and regime is very weak. Change of
regime is unavoidable in Turkey and its necessary.
--Boundary_(ID_gGXljxoaulp5oib4N368xw)--
March 7 2005
The Most Distinguish Characteristic of Modern Turkish Nationalism:
Denial of Reality, Xenophobia, Racism, and Anti-Semitism
By: Amed Demirhan
Mar 7, 2005
The people in Turkey from elementary school and on are indoctrinated
with denial of historical realities and socio-ethnographical and
cultural diversity in their country. All form of mass media daily
reinforces this abnormality, and any one that questions this, will
become subject of the witch-hunt. When, one listens to mainstream
Turkish politician and "educated class" one wonders if they are from
the plant of Earth or somewhere else? The recent debate in Turkey is
a typical example of this abnormalities: the government foreign
policy; the mass medias which hunts against writer Orhan Pamuk
statement in regards to Armenian genocide and crime against Kurds,
and the Ministry of environment and forest changing name of wild
animals just to exclude words Kurdistan and Armenian, and the
increase in Anti-Semitism are typical characteristics of modern
Turkish nationalism. This type of nationalism as evidenced in many
historical examples is harmful to every one including the nation it
advocate for, therefore, standing against current Turkish nationalism
is as important as standing against Nazism, Stalinism, Saddams~R
Regime and Bathism. It is in the best interest of Turkish people to
be liberated from this illness.
The government of Turkey still refuses to call Bath~Rsist
(Sunni-Hanafi) and Islamic Fascist in central Iraq terrorist. In the
past many time Turkey had strongly protested United States lead
freedom forces victory in the city of Falluga and Tell Afar, in Iraq,
but until now it never protested terrorist attacks against civilian
in Iraq. At the same time it had characterized Israel~Rs shelve
defense acts against terrorist Islam-I Jihad organization as state
terrorism. Recently a Turkish news portal "Haber X (3/2/050) reported
that about 400 Turks are fighting against the USA lead freedom forces
in Iraq with terrorist leader Al-Zarkavi. It noted that these
fighters are veterans from Bosnian war against Serbia. This indicates
that Turkish government knows who are these "Turkish ~V Islamic"
fighters because almost all of those fighters that went to Bosnia,
Chechnya, and in the past to Afghanistan went via Turkish
intelligence services. In addition, in March first of this year 200
Turkish "intellectuals": journalists, professors, writers, and some
"civic" organization representative visited Syria to show their
solidarity with Syrian dictatorship against Western pressure and the
United Nation request for Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. Most of
these 200 people are closely related to the state (its hard to call
them civilian). March 1, is significant, it is the day Turkish
Parliament under Turkish military pressure refused to let the USA
lead forces go through Turkey and open a second front against Saddams
regime. This indicate that Turkish regime is the most
anti-Westernization and democratization of the Middle East because it
sees freedom as a treat to its regime.
One may expect a Turkey that had received a negotiation date from
European Union (EU) may act little better internally but looking in a
recent debate it is doubtful and domestic policy like its foreign
policy is anti-democratic. Last week one of the most famous Turkish
writers Orhan Pamuk in an interview stated, that One million Armenian
and 30,000 Kurds had been victim of the state (Turkish state). About
90% of media commentators started a lynching company against the
author and political organization like infamous "Gray Wolfe" movement
send death treat to the author. In fact Mr. Pamuk~Rs statement could
have been subject of a serious debate and his statement is very
questionable because more than one million Armenian and
Assurian/Keldan have been killed and the number of Kurds have been
killed since foundation of the Turkish republic is very high and
millions were deported from their homes. This shows how much free
debate is possible in Turkey that prepares to join to EU?
The republic of Turkey prohibited every thing that wasn~Rt Turkish in
historic multinational and cultural diverse geography and named them
in Turkish from beginning. Apparently they have forgotten few wild
animals name like: "~QVulpes Vulpes Kürdistanicum" (A fox in Kurdistan
area) and "Ovis Armeniana" (wild sheep in old Armenia) in their
scientific classification. The ministry of environment and forest
acted right away on this discovery and changed their name to Turkish.
(http://www.haberx.com 3/5/05). I wonder if any one knows or heard
this kind of xenophobia, racism and hatred anywhere? Even Sheep and
Foxes cannot be Armenian or Kurdistani? The modern Turkish
nationalism is founded of the denial of reality and has been
indoctrinating its population in this denial and hatred on any thing
that is not Turkish. This is fundamental problem for every one who
has to deal with Turkish regime. Despite every thing the official
doctrine is totally bankrupted and regime is very weak. Change of
regime is unavoidable in Turkey and its necessary.
--Boundary_(ID_gGXljxoaulp5oib4N368xw)--