Dear David, To read your reflections is always a pleasure. You were not so active on this site lately. Wish you all the best. Arie

First off how are u david? hope fine, been long since i seen u around althou i wasnt around as well:) ur right i didint read ur comment, just afew at top, i dont think secular officers in silivri are better than the current ones in fact personally i belive they were the biggest obstacles in front of more democratic turkey( not that i defend the new ones) i know now u ll argue about how under akp admin. turkey became less democratic :) anyway turkish military members in past were above law and could not be brought to the court, if one is immune to law the rest is predictable, anyway lets not get off the topic, turkey will fare fine and no kurdish state will be carved out of our lands trust me ;) gorusmek uzere

...who see ourselves as "stuck". although a reading of the world's DOMESTIC newspapers doesn't find many countries who see themselves as enjoying a catbird seat, either. Meantime, we are left to ponder that Romanization of the Alfabet worked out well for the Turkish language. I open the floor to comments about whether neglecting that, hurt Hebrew. After all, our current alefbet is actually foreign: Aramaic.

let me i explain...1- pkk is not represent kurds in Turkey..pkk party bdp take only %12 from kurds other % 90 kurds voted for erdoğan in last election.. 2 - kurds can do everything in Turkey..our ecomony minister is kurd. our tourism minister is kurd,there is two kurd president before.so they can work what they want..pkk using kurds like a shield..pkk is marksist leninist organization..they attacking army with landmines.they attacking police..they kidnapping officers.. they burning bussines machines.they killed Turk doctors in south east Turkey..did you know ?? im sorry but you can keep dream about great kurdistan..Turks not like syria or iran..by the way i always support jewish rights..shalom

I dont have any idea how did you come up with that i am a coward and will ruanaway in case of war :) do you know me personally? if not then i advise you dont bet often in order to save ur shekels ;) all i want from you is that compose ur comments more wisely if you dont want to be humiliated by younger generations thats not my style but not everone is as humble as me ;) shalom!

it probably is Pheonician ("Finiki")... the alefbet... Nevertheless, these are the issues that sane people should deal with... all the best. Arie

be happy.

Erdogan & Davutoglu Blunder in Syria. So much for their "zero problems with neighbors" strategy. All its neighbors--covertly and overtly--are now hostile with Turkey because of Ankara's opportunism and bully tactics.