Every political leader pursues the interests of his/her country. Remember how our Dutch members were whining over the economic quagmire in Greece. They do this because their interests are harmed and this supercedes all other reasons and excuses.

You might be expecting a super-affectionate state but there is no such thing neither here nor anywhere else in the world. These guys murdered the members of my family, shot at their family homes in South East, these guys are seeking to harm the integrity of this country. Those who are doing this are not doing the right thing. No sane person in the world endorses their actions.

We will seek to defend our interests and we will do this with all our power and might. This doesn´t mean I am against Kurd´s speaking their language etc. It is just that, this is our country together and it is indivisible.

It all depends on what you expect of him.

He will certainly not announce a revolution tomorrow. Every major step in the political world is taken as a result of relentless work, determination, painstaking planning and perseverance.

These are the days when people and the media do hasty dances with this new leader. This guy must have a nickname, stylized cartoons and a proper public image etc. These are the times when these little details are taken care of, and it will go on like this untill Kilicdaroglu is eventually turned into a complete media product that will sell.

It was quite obvious that the CHP needed a better leader than Baykal, and Kilicdaroglu seems to be the right person for this. On the bright side, the party has gotten rid of an unproductive leader who would linger on for so many years more, had that fortunate scandal not happened.

In the end, no one can properly describe where CHP has stood over the last few decades. The party had been going nowhere. My greatest expectation of him would be, bringing order to this chaotic party.

Today, while cruising through the Bosphorus Bridge, I saw the green and white striped flag of Bursaspor. In a multibillion dollar organization like Turkish Super League, the fight Bursaspor has put up this season is perhaps on the same caliber as that of Spartacus. Little budget, young players and a little stadium filled with supporters making it seem noisier than say Nou Camp. These were the facts that would normally pave the path for a so-so season but it simply did not happen that way. Some point their fingers at Saglam the team coach and some at the sound youth system of the club. Whatever the reason was, Bursaspor has certainly exceeded all the expectations, become the fifth club to win the league title since its foundation. Next year, the club will directly join the Champions League.

Since I am originally from Bursa, this of course fills me with pride. This is something we never thought was possible.

Solar energy is currently more viable for countries like Australia where it is abundantly available. South Turkey could also take advantage  of this vastly untouched potential. Istanbul stands on the edge in terms of feasibility.

Solar panels convert energy into electricity but the efficiency is still not very adequate. You need to use many large size panels just to provide enough enery for households or industrial facilities. This makes the initial investment quite costly. 

Furthermore, the DC output from panels need to be isolated very carefully. Any leakage especially during a rain could be fatal for the persons in contact with the panels. High level DC voltages require first class installations.

You must alse renew the investment in every 10-15 years.

People in hot climates already use solar heating panels. In South East Turkey their use is very common. Since solar energy is not available around the clock, engineers tend to consider it to be unpheasable for large scale centralized electric energy source. 

Your first statement brings me into derision. Who knows maybe I deserve this...

I am a middle-age man who was born into a calmer world populated by grannies, aunts and uncles who lived under the same as roof as it was customary then. The world seemed to be composed only of the family and the friends. Foreign countries were truly foreign then. The technologies that have converged people around the world were unheard of. It goes without saying, there were no mobile phones, no Internet, no e-mail and no SMS.

You would however, see people reading books in every corner. There would even be those types underlining the important parts of a newspaper article. They would rave about them in a forthcoming political discussion with friends. Those political discussions were the favourite activity of the young generation of the 70´s and 80´s. They all had their own colors and all else beyond that color would simply be invisible to them. Still, they were ardent defenders of a cause and had a burning desire to bring salvation to a corrupt country which they thought had been exploited by the powers that be.

In the space of a few decades, this has all changed. We now have a young generation who do not care about anyone else but themselves. They simply don´t read, know or discuss enough. They have no problem with the way the world is. They don´t care who runs the country. New generation has little respect for the elderly and the needy. They often would not leave their seats to old people on a public bus. They often would not move a finger to help a relative or a friend. They are much lazier and listless.

Greece has recently become the black sheep of the EU. That is a shame. By the look of the things, the EU is an organization run by myriad of rules and regulations. Accession is difficult and time taking. One would expect, no country stands a chance to enter before achieving full compliance. For example, Turkey has been left outside of the organization since she has not been able to achieve full compliance.

The EU members said good bye to their national currencies, adopted Euro and began trading as chartered by the EU decision makers. This scheme did not work in Greece. Life has become more expensive and the people began moaning about the EU. Germany is not doing well either. Inflation has revisited Europe after so many decades.

I don´t know what kind of a union this is. Everyone is pointing their fingers at Greece. It seems, soon there will be other victims of the economic crisis. If nations don´t help each other in the hour of need what is the point of being in a union?

Daydreamer, I know the outlines of Poland´s history. I know how Poland feels isolated from Western Europe and how countries like Germany and Russia treated it.

Through the end of the empire, Turkey found itself in a similar position when all the major powers in Europe began attacking the Turkish territory. Countless fronts were opened and a whole generation virtually lost their lives in the trenches death fighting a hopeless war. We know that medical schools in the country could not graduate anyone since all of their pupils had lost their lives at war. Today, what is left behind from this terrible episode of the WWI are the memories of desperation, poverty and claims of genocide. We would not want to go through this again.

Nonetheless, doing business is thought to be one way to stay away from war. No one would like to lose a partner helping you make profit. There is a largely untouched potential for partnerships outside Europe. The country is just trying to capitalize on those prospects.

This is a sensitive subject and one with no easy answers unless you are taking sides. We have been discussing this in various circles for a few decades now. We are still without answers...

Society functions in a weird way. It rarely listens to prescriptions others come up with. It follows its on natural course instead. This course of development can get bitter at times. Sometimes blood is shed, thousands are killed, some clap their hands and some shed tears.

This is not a problem between a singular Kurdish person and a singular Turk. Not a single sentence can depict the complexity of the feud that is going on between tens of millions of people. Furthermore, people are fed misinformation which they hold on to as plain truth. They spent life times believing in things they are told.

Regardless of what your IQ  level is, and what kind of an education you have in your background, you simply can´t understand, nor can you offer solutions for the victims of this feud.

P.S. All my "you"s are literal.