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Published: 02.01.11, 17:23
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1. Turkey Smells From Head Down
RobertB. ,   Brooklyn USA   (01.02.11)
Apparently, Turkey smells from the head down, just like fish.... Phew!!
2. Erdogan - Idiot of the Year!
GuluGulu ,   Ankara   (01.02.11)
Selling his people and country to the Persian and Syrian monkeys! See you at the ballots!
3. C N N - Defined
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (01.02.11)
Cable News Nothing Which has lost most of their following to Fox News If you were to look at CNN's ratings, it would only bring tears of laughter to your eyes
4. 3,# Even Larry King got the boot
Judah ,   Golan Heights,ISRAEL   (01.02.11)
Glenn Beck and Bill O'reilly on Fox News get great ratings.
5. Tezkan is talking out of his...
Persian CAT   (01.02.11)
rear orifice. Deliberately attacking and executing civilians in the international waters is no match with the Iranian border guards shooting trespassers. I am very sorry if those folks were only sheep herders, but the fact is they had crossed into Iran. Iran-Turkey borders were setup in 1620s! Everyone, who lives close to those borders knows exactly where they. There have been a lot of tensions around those borders with added risks of PKK activities. These incidents have been rare and by now very old. The likes of Tezkan are just mad that Turkey is finding its place among the independent nations, therefore the Turkish right wing is the big losers in this game. They like the good old days of Turkish Kemalist fascism back again.
6. For the EU its great that Turkey becomes more and
(01.02.11)
more extreme, which means NO WAY TURKEY CAN JOIN THE EU!!!!!! nOT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS....HEHEHEHE
7. #5 Go live your primitive life. Stay away from Turks.
(01.02.11)
Who are you to talk about Turks?! If you were so fond of Turks, why didn't you demostrate against Iranian governments who supported PKK for decades to kill Turks? If you are so fond of Turks, why are you not demostrating against Iranian governments who treat Turks of Iran as second class citizens and deprive them of their basic cultural rights? How ridiculous to hear someone from Iran labelling others as fascist. Iranian Islamic Revolution and its former shah regime were all fascist. You are used to fascism, that's why you see Erdogan as hero, just like those fascism lover Arabs. You and your type have no knowledge of Turks and Turkiye. Stay away from Turks and Turkiye. Go stone some women and call yourself a strong nation afterwards, how disgusting and wild.
8. Erdogan major diplomatic achievements
Joe ,   Canada   (01.02.11)
Erdogan may have found a group of Arabic newpapermen who found him even better than Assad from their standpoint but for Turkey he has only improved relations with rogue states whose dictatorial regimes are destined to the "dusbin of history". For that he has also succeeded to
9. Ergogan diplomatic achievements....Continued
Joe ,   Canada   (01.02.11)
For that "great" accomplishment he has also succeeded to make Turkey a no-go canditate to Europe membership & has antagonized the US & Israel as well as several other western powers whose importance to Turkey's future prospects are much more important than his newly found friends in the East. Even if the Iranian regime of the Ayatollahs is not removed by internal upveal or military action it will be so economically weakened & isolated that even oil supplies to Turkey won't be a worthwile compensation. The times of subsedized cheap oil for political purposes are intheir waning days as can be seen inside iran itself.
10. wh ywould turkey want to "anger" iran?
rifat ,   magusa   (01.02.11)
we are brothers and share more interests than pleasing israel or an ywestern cowards. we should be making decisions based on our interests with west coming on their knees to beg us. turkey and iran together we prevail. israel is a chickenhawk who can't shine its fethers
11. Erdogan has totalitarian brothers now.
Nora Tel Aviv   (01.02.11)
Bye bye Ataturk, welcome Islam. That`s how got Edogan got the votes he so much needed to reign like a sultan. Now Turkey has new found brothers: Iran, Syria, Hizballah, Hamas. What a bunch of totalitarians.
12. WHY US JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ARE SILENT
American ,   Los Angeles   (01.02.11)
on erDOG and his policies against Israel they are silent over it because apparently they don't want to anger islamic jihadist goverment of turkey.
13. Israelis are so hurt and unhappy
Madlen ,   germany   (01.02.11)
that Turkey isn't their friend anymore. Ohhhh, my sincere condolences. You defended Erdogan and the AKP once as a moderate muslim party, which defends kemalist laizism. And now you call the same Erdogan an islamist and wants to see the fascist kemalists and militarists come back to power. Jews are so disgraceful people.
14. to #10 How is life in the insane asylum?
jason white ,   afula,israel   (01.02.11)
You are one sick puppy! There is nothing that the west needs from turkey or iran. As for Israel,lucky for iran that bush and b.o. are holding us back. We could have taken out your nuke program as well as many revolutionary guard bases in a couple of hours. Your end will come soon enough. The iranians have had it with their crazy government and probably would behead the mullahs and ayatollahs if they could. Hopefully the end of the mad dog turkish regime will come after the elections.
15. #5
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (01.03.11)
What Mehmet tezkan and Mehmet Yilmaz wrote are facts. Every year on the Turkish ; Iranian border cattle wonder around and cross the border. Several Turkish peasants are killed every year by Iranian guards while those peasants are trying to retrieve their cattle. If Iranian Guards were suspicious that these may not be really sheephurders all they have to do is arrest them none were armed and bodies were returned. The facts are clear. At any rate it is really interesting that the AKP government never requested an apology. As far as Kemalism; Do you know what it means? Let me explain it to you in the words of Kemal Ataturk. 'YURTTA SULH, CIHANDA SULH" means peace in Turkey and peace around the world. 'NE MUTLU TURKUM DIYENE' measn how happy it is to say I am Turk which really indicates that being Turk is not a racial thing, every Tirkish citizen no matter what their racial background is , is an equal citizen (Kurds, Laz, Bosnak, Alevi, Jewish etc). Ataturk prescribed a modern democracy with freedom for all. To learn more read his biography by Lord Kinross. You may be educated.
16. @ 15: jewish stockholm syndrome/kemalism is facism
Madlen ,   germany   (01.03.11)
David Israel you are propagating and defending fascism. Do you know the Stockholm-Syndrome? You should learn about it, perhaps it can help you to understand, why you adore a dictator and fascist like Atatürk. I think you also believe in the "Günes Dil Teorisi" (the sun tongue theory) or the determination of human skulls to ascertain the superiority of "turkish race" and inferiority of the "minorities" like armenians, greeks and jews, which was practiced in 1930. Kemalism is a fascist ideology like nationalsocialism in the 3rd Reich. Atatürk was a Dictator and persecuted armenians and greeks and oppressed all non-muslims, Alevis inclusive. AND David, I am turkish speaking, so don't make me laugh with your ladino turkish here.
17. #16
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (01.03.11)
I don't know who brainwashed you but you are wrong in all counts. I on;t believe in any of these theories you mentioned. I am 61 years old and well read in history. I know the bad things that happened in Turkey. But that does not make me hate senselessly. My parents were victims of the varlik vergisi and the 20th draft military service on one hand and yet I still remember when our landlord Mustafa bey stopped the angry mobs of entering into our home on September 67-7 pogroms. He was a member of CHP and a strong Kemalist. As I said you must read and educate yourself about what Kemalism really is. It is not fascism , it was the beginning of modernization adn democratization of Turkey. Just like the French Revolution where Robespierre did some bad things at the beginning Turkish move into democracy was not a very peaceful one however to blame it all in Kemalism is wrong. in 1927 the ultra religious beheaded liuetenant Kubilay trying to start a Sheria revolution. The republic had to stop it with force. It was the only way to do it against black robed Mullahs with swords in their hands and the bloody head of Kubilay on a stick. So rad and learn. Guten nacht.
18. to #14
rifat ,   magusa/kibris   (01.03.11)
we turks will not elect anybody who will be israel appeaser or puppet, your hopes are a joke we don't care what you or israel thin kwe aren't here to please you or cater to you we are the next superpower in midleast and you better learn to deal with that or disappear. as for iran we have no problems with iran and i believe we should support ayatola and ahmedinjead in everything. nobody likes you or israel so go away.
19. So unfair! It should be Erdogan AND Ahmadinejad.
Harry Wright ,   UK   (01.03.11)
They are two of a kind. How dare they separate the Siamese twins!
20. #4 Larry King got the whole shoe store
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (01.03.11)
He had hosted more than 50,000 interviews, reached the grand old age of 75 His shtick was worn out King couldn't by his lonesome couldn't have boosted CNN's rating enough to make them a viable organization I watched King a handful of times, he never changed his style or his format Actually, how many new ways could he come up with of asking the same questions ? One thing though, he had a good reputation, except when it came to marriage, he loved a variety of wives
21. #13 Madien - Even you should realize
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (01.03.11)
that every politican is like a woman or man on a first date, they put up a good front until you know them better Turkey has Erdogan, the USA has Obama, and Clinton All fakers that put their best foot forward to impress the unwary Erdogan isn't a Kemalist, he's Islamist If Attaturk was alive today, he would take the Turkish Military, change their leadership because they haven't done their utmost to protect Turkey from the Islamists, who he despised
22. #17 David .....Nice retort to #16 Madlen
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (01.03.11)
Kemalism is much more civilised than Sharia (Look no further than Iran and Saudi Arabia for an example of that). Sharia is like dwelling in the Middle Ages...like some others in our midst...not mentioning any names
23. Now how can Israel use this to its adventage
mark ,   usa   (01.03.11)
This is actually great news, now that he is popular amoung Arabs too, like if they want Turks to be a bridge than bridge with one strong leg do not holds very long, and I reather have Turks as a spoke person for the Muslims than Iran or Syria, since historically Turks are always backed the Jews always, now for Israels leaders to take this opurtunity to ask our Tukish friends to put the Arab World in line to make peace with Israel, but if you ask me that was the plan from the begining, and it will work, no one in Arab World defiy Erdoagans Turkey and not listen what they have to say, and Turks are still friends of Israel and always were and that will never change, started with Khazars(origially Gok Turks)converted to Judism, and inter merried, Turks and Jews are blood brothers if you did not know,that is why when Spain doing what they were 1492 Turks were there with the ships to resque their blood brothers, go read some history please we date way back,
24. THATS VERY MODERATE FOR THE ARABS
zionist forever   (01.03.11)
Usually they honour suicide bombers. Erdogan might not be a suicide bomber but he is a pathetic looser just like the arabs themselves. Just another example of looser sticking together.
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