Sotos wrote:Do you see Greece or any Greek on that list? If there was a Greek on that list he wouldn't be our idol. If the idol of Turks is a mega murderer then it tells a lot about what kind of people they are!!
paliometoxo wrote:attaturk the gay founded the gays
dzimeruk wrote:I'm not going to express my own views on this issue, but Shahmaran, remember that the Nobel Peace Prize is not a good benchmark for ascertaining a person's virtues...they gave it to Mother Theresa, who was a deluded christian monster and believed innocent people should suffer and die for Jesus, and to F.W de Klerk, who authorized the covert assassinations of thousands of people...
Frankly, I think it's dangerous to give ANY person, whether they be Nelson Mandela or Adolf Hitler, the kind of cultish praise that I've seen people give Ataturk (and Makarios) on this forum. (Shahmaran I'm not accusing you of doing this but others have done so), and on balance, I don't think anyone HONESTLY admires this man as much as they say they do, it's a knee-jerk reaction to being challenged on one's national history, much like how some Greeks lavish praise on people like Makarios.
We all know these people did more harm than good and they should be remembered as sources of great shame, but at the same time they shouldn't become a means of defining and insulting a whole race group (Sotos I'm not saying that you are doing that with this thread, but that is probably where it will lead).
Nikitas wrote:Strong secular democracy with dozens of new mosques goin up in northern Cyprus, and the ergenekon trial going on in Turkey where a whole bunch of Kemalists are accused of plotting to establish a dictatorship. Kenan Evren was also a Kemalist, as were all the rest of the Turkish dictators.
A strong democracy where the national security council, composed of top military men, tell the elected civilians what is what.
Strong democracy is one where the civilians appoint the military and can also fire them with no repercussions. Turkey will have a long way to go before it can get to that point. IF it ever does.
Sotos wrote:The list is from a USA university you moron. Why would they want to lie about it? They are your best buddies! As if there is anybody who doesn't know about the millions that Ataturk and other Turkish criminals murdered!!
Sotos wrote:The Germans do not deny the Holocaust. Why do you deny what we all know? You think anybody will like you any better if you deny the truth. Better admit your crimes and say sorry to the millions you killed because you wanted to steal lands that didn't belong to you.
Sotos wrote:The Germans do not deny the Holocaust. Why do you deny what we all know? You think anybody will like you any better if you deny the truth. Better admit your crimes and say sorry to the millions you killed because you wanted to steal lands that didn't belong to you.
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