I find it amazing nobody has anything to say about current events in Egypt, Tunisia..or Yemen....Jordan too? It seems the ME is exploding. I hope our friends from Egypt and Tunis and other places in turmoil are OK.

I hope our dear sister Canli is OK. I miss you Canli...be safe.

Whatever happens in Egypt will have a lot of international impact.

In support for the Egypt Revolution for freedom

I hope it´ll turn best for the people of Egypt and I hope our Egyptian friends are safe. I couldn´t believe it when I read about museums getting robbed and vandalised, irreplacable treasures of history being devastated by angry crowds...

Turkey may benefit from the situation in Tunisia and Egypt as many people are changing their holiday destinations, I personally know 3 people who had trips to Egypt booked but decided to change it for Turkey because of the riots.

I´m sure many people have a lot to say but don´t always deem it necessary to post what they´re thinking on a public forum.

BTW-I miss doudi-she always had lots to say about everything-hope she´s safe too.

I do have a lot to say but I am less concerned with the politics involved and more concerned that the only people who are going to benefit from this are the elite few and the masses will suffer the most.  It is naive to wish for a diplomatic solution where the masses are the ones that get what they desire...I do hope our classmates in Egypt are OK.   

Yes it is very quiet and all I am going to say is "Power to the people"! 

Reforming a country is always (in my view and historically) down to the people who live there.  But in Egypt some want an Islamic state others want a secular state, not sure waht the balance is. 

I hope our friends (Canli and Doudi) in Egypt are safe and well.

Another Islamic state would be my fear, but it is not an unlikely scenario. Typically during bad times people turn to the right wing that´s typically more religious and conservative.

ACCORDING TO THE PRESS, the current events in Tunisia and  Egypt  are not a political blow.These events are societal actions.Because there are no any ideology and leadership behind the actions. These are actions of searching for democracy, equality and  legitimate under the societal reactions.

Alameda is right : It seems the ME is exploding.

These actions will  affect some Arab, African, European and Asian countries for a while.

These questions shall be solved in a positive ways under the humanist philiosopy, diplomatic solutions and democratic approaches soon.

I don´t know what kind of state will come, but I hope it will be something that will allow the citizens to enjoy the wealth of their country.

It´s disgusting that someone like Mubarak has between $40 and $70 billion dollars????? What kind of corruption lead to that?

Here is an interesting and thoughtful article on the subject and why Iran became what it is now. 

Egypt Beware

Oh, I definitely hope the revolution will bring improvement of the conditions common people live in. Working for a dollar a day is not rare from what I heard there. And hoards of homeless children wandering and prostituting in the streets of cities are a heartbreaking sight as well. Some of them are under 5 years of age...Coptic girls kidnapped from the way to school, raped and forced to convert or sold abroad to work in brothels - awful and revolting. Corruption on top always degenerates, especially if you feel no matter what you do, your hands are tied. And then there are tourists who do not have to be rich by western standards  to make you see life can be different. I am not surprised people started a revolution, 30 years of Mubarak´s "presidency" (supported by the US) is ridiculous, just like any system where the power belongs to a person who was not chosen by means of vote (monarchy etc).

What makes the matter worse, tourism will be badly affected this year, first sharks in the sea, now revolution. A lot of people who cannot afford to lose a cent are going to lose much more than that I just hope they´ll make up for it in the future by means of permanent change.

All the best to people of Egypt! I come from a country known for its revolutions and I appreciate everyone who is able to sacrifice a lot for a bigger cause.

Egyptian government asked Turkey mind its own business

February 03, 2011 | 19:37

The Egyptian government critically responded to the statements of Turkish President and Prime Minister regarding prevention of bloody events in Egypt.

We regret that Turkey interferes with Egypt’s domestic affairs, reads the statement. Let every state do its business.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had advised Hüsnü Mübarek that he should listen to the demands of Egyptian people and hand in resignation. The Turkish Foreign Minister has left for Egypt on a “special mission”.

Source: here

Didn´t Mubarak say he´d stay in power till the elections in September?

The current events in Tunisia and  Egypt  are not a political blow.These events are societal actions.Because there are no any ideology and leadership behind the actions. These are actions of searching for democracy, equality and  legitimate.These events will affect the world countries.

source photo here:  http://imgur.com/NhC4m

It is possible for everyone to coexiste together

I have nothing to say, except for that I know people who are stuck in Cairo, in an embassy right now. I spend my time watching the phone, watching the news...

Hope it works out for the best, barba.  

good one!

Turkey struggles with chaotic evacuation of citizens from Libya

Until now, Turkey has managed to evacuate only 581 of 25,000 Turkish citizens living in unrest-hit Libya. AA photo

Legal issues and landing restrictions have complicated Turkey’s attempts to evacuate its citizens from Libya as the protest-hit country potentially approaches “civil war,” amid Libyan accusations that Turks helped fan the unrest.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry called an emergency meeting late Sunday to discuss the Libya crisis and has provided its Benghazi consulate with additional civil servants to better coordinate the evacuations. A Turkish plane flew to Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, on a repatriation mission early Monday but returned empty to Istanbul after it failed to get permission to land.

“Right now personal safety remains the most important priority in Libya, which makes it different from the other developments in the region,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told a group of reporters accompanying him to Tunisia, where protesters ousted the country’s longtime president in January.

Though Turkey successfully evacuated many of the 3,000 Turks living in Egypt during that country’s crisis, the situation in Libya is proving more challenging. The Turkish population in the country is much larger than in Egypt and the need to obtain legal permission from Libyan authorities makes it difficult to evacuate them.

Source: here

Italy sees 300,000 fleeing Libya turmoil-minister

MILAN Feb 23 (Reuters) - Up to 300,000 migrants from Libya could flee to Italy because of turmoil in the North African nation, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said in an interview published on Wednesday. 

About a third of Libya´s population, or 2.5 million people, are immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa who could flee if Muammar Gaddafi´s government falls, he told Corriere della Sera newspaper.

"We know what to expect when the Libyan national system falls -- an abnormal wave of 200,000 to 300,000 immigrants. Or rather, 10 times the Albanian (refugee) phenomenon that we saw in the ´90s," Frattini said.

"These are estimates, and on the low side ... It is a Biblical exodus."

Interior ministers from Italy, Cyprus, France, Greece, Malta and Spain will meet on Wednesday in Rome to set a common policy on the upheaval in North Africa and make a recommendation to the European Commission.

Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants try to make the journey from the northern coasts of Tunisia and Libya to islands off Italy every year. (Reporting by Ian Simpson)

Source: here