tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post7394168803213893802..comments2024-01-20T11:56:48.682+01:00Comments on WindRose Hotel: 'I killed Mgr. Padovese! Allah Akbar!'S.R. Piccolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15622464895435470724noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-56133779686482436972010-06-09T08:57:35.161+02:002010-06-09T08:57:35.161+02:00Turkey under Erogan seems to have made a choice re...Turkey under Erogan seems to have made a choice regarding its allies, and this can hardly be to pressurise Europe into accepting Turkey's membership into the European Union. <br />This also seems to have opened the door to the rise in religious fanaticism, and the sort of engagement, with Iran, that appears more as an attempt to provoke Israel than to seriously help the Palestinians.<br /><br />(One misses the reformation époque of Ataturk, between the last world wars : "The religion of Islam will be elevated if it will cease to be a political instrument, as had been the case in the past").Mirinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762774089637304953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-1552013428448430892010-06-08T18:33:51.672+02:002010-06-08T18:33:51.672+02:00Thank you all, guys.
As the article (a very good ...Thank you all, guys. <br />As the article (a very good one, thank you, Martin!) states, something very important has happened in Turkey during the last few years.S.R. Piccolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622464895435470724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-7317993666619380702010-06-08T02:36:21.588+02:002010-06-08T02:36:21.588+02:00AsiaNews is perfectly right. The alleged insanity ...AsiaNews is perfectly right. The alleged insanity of the assassin is now indefensible. It was a premeditated murder.walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329081901811262531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-58755451938888521242010-06-08T02:29:02.024+02:002010-06-08T02:29:02.024+02:00Turkey has become increasingly close to Arab state...Turkey has become increasingly close to Arab states (and the true champion of Palestine). The anti-Christian media campaign depicting Christians as enemies of the Turkish people extends to Turkish government officials, and while there is only one handful of actual murderers involved, there are many, many assistants....Hans-Hermannhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-36012810073283180042010-06-08T02:15:45.914+02:002010-06-08T02:15:45.914+02:00"Turkey has entered a process of fundamental ..."Turkey has entered a process of fundamental redefinition of its key geopolitical interests. The new priorities ready to break out by 2012 will account for Ankara’s most profound reappraisal since the country joined NATO in 1952. This process illustrates a return to the Kemalist vision of Turkey’s vital interests (1) i.e., different from the agenda set for the country by big powers. It is quite ironical that this evolution is initiated by leaders of religious-oriented party, the AKP. There will be substantial geopolitical, economic and commercial consequences to this strategic shift which challenges the traditional vision of a pro-Western Turkey waiting to join the EU.<br />…<br />In short, the Turkey/NATO relationship is about to reach a point of no-return. The Turkish case is another striking example of the general process of disintegration currently affecting the Alliance (a theme already developed in previous GEABs) whose leader no longer has neither the vision nor the means required to control all its members." <br />http://tinyurl.com/3xxutp9<br /><br />PS: Great post!Martin Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16262140279126864755noreply@blogger.com