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Thread: British Visa for Turkish Citizens

581.       vineyards
1954 posts
 05 Jan 2010 Tue 02:02 am

 

Quoting yilgun-2010

 

Bilindiği üzere, uluslararası hukukta karşılıklılık (mütekabiliyet esası ) kuralı vardır. Bu genel kabul gören hukuk normuna göre, devletler, vize işlemlerini karşılıklılık esasına göre uygulamaya koyar. uluslararası anlaşmalar uyarınca, vize uygulayan ülkeye aynı koşullar çerçevesinde vize uygulanır, vize uygulamayan ülkeye de aynı koşullar çerçevesinde vize uygulanmaz.Evrensel hukuk kuralı ve diplomatik usul budur. 

 

What do you think about this point as international law?

 

 

First we need to translate above paragraph:

 

As it is known, there is a principle called reciprocity in international law. According to this generally accepted law standard, nations follow the principle of reciprocity when putting visa procedures in effect. In line with, international treaties, (nations require the same visa formalities of the citizens of a nation which requires a visa from the subjects of the other party. Where a nations requires no visa, similarly the subjects of that nation are not required of a visa. These matters are thusly arranged in line with universal laws and diplomatic procedures.



Thread: Turkey: world leader in gasoline prices

582.       vineyards
1954 posts
 03 Jan 2010 Sun 05:37 pm

 

Quoting tomac

By the way, do gas stations in Turkey sell also LPG gas fuel (apart from gasoline) ? In Poland, it is sold on lots of gas stations (although I have no idea how many people have cars using it, comparing to gasoline or diesel).

 

Yes some of them do. There are even stations selling only LPG.

The use of LPG is quite common in Turkey especially among the low and middle income groups. There are many foreign and domestic companies producing LPG conversion kits. There is even one from Poland.

 

At least one car company in Turkey offers cars with factory assembled LPG kits.

 

There some disadvantages of owning an LPG car, your car is not allowed to enter covered parking lots including those in shopping malls, ferries etc. You need to pay tax to get your LPG kit registered on your license and I guess there are  added legal car inspection requirements including more frequent check ups.

 

In the end, you save about 33% compared to gasoline...

 



Thread: Turkey: world leader in gasoline prices

583.       vineyards
1954 posts
 01 Jan 2010 Fri 07:28 pm

 

Quoting si++

 

 

 

 

 Yes it does.



Thread: Turkey: world leader in gasoline prices

584.       vineyards
1954 posts
 01 Jan 2010 Fri 04:41 am

Based on above prices, to fill up the tank of an economy class car, you would pay $143 wheras a Saudi citizen would spend merely $5.5.  Whether a self-respecting Saudi would drive an economy class car is another question.

 

When I drive to our capital Ankara from Istanbul, I spend about $200 for both ways. Using the same funds, a Saudi could afford 2000 liters of gasoline which would be enough for him to drive to Istanbul from Riyadh and back. Assuming that distance as 7000kms, he would have enough funds left to do that at least once more...

 

For what it takes this guy to do 25 thousand kilometers, I can only afford a short trip to Ankara which is just 450 kilometers from where I am.



Thread: Turkey: world leader in gasoline prices

585.       vineyards
1954 posts
 01 Jan 2010 Fri 04:19 am

Here are the prices of one liter of gasoline in various countries: (USD)

 

Turkey 2.6
The Netherlands 2.0

The UK  1.8
Italy 1.8
France 1.7
Japan 1.5
Greece 1.3
USA 0.9
Russia 0.8
Saudi Arabia 0.1



Edited (1/1/2010) by vineyards



Thread: Rowan the Conservative

586.       vineyards
1954 posts
 31 Dec 2009 Thu 12:31 pm

What has happened before and after this satire was made:

 

There were objections on other grounds such as racial concerns, ability of immigrants to perform similarly as white workers etc. Today, there are different objections, one of the latest finds is Islamophobia. The drive is so strong, even tourists are seen as potential terrorists. What hasn´t changed over the years is the fact that foreign workers are not welcome.

 

The rich want poor man´s money but they don´t want them to see them in their streets.

 

Quoting libralady

 

 

Satire at it´s best! 

 

 

This is from a series called Not the Nine O´Clock News I think in the early 80´s (judging by the age of Rowan Atkinson! He´s in his 50´s now)

 

What made you fish this one out Vineyards? {#emotions_dlg.satisfied_nod}

 

 



Edited (12/31/2009) by vineyards



Thread: Human Trafficking

587.       vineyards
1954 posts
 30 Dec 2009 Wed 02:24 pm

Well, not all governments and civil institutions are decent. In fact, corruption is quite ubiquitous. How can it not be now that all living things are opportunist by nature? We humans tend to abuse, misuse or simply over use all sorts of power at our disposal. Politicians are humans too. They just have a greater access to the venues of large scale corruption.

 

Luckily, humans are not completely bad. There are good among us and yet again not all bad people are completely bad. The human brain takes decisions or reaches conclusions by weighing alternatives. In vocal societies there is a state of conflict among alternatives. Yet there is also a constant exposure to other alternatives. If you live in a vocal society, you may start life as a revolutionary and end up as a conservative. Nevertheless, in the process the definitions of both revolutionary and conservative may have substantially changed.

 

In welfare societies there is corruption too but since people are happier with their system they usually don´t run in the streets with banners and clubs in their hands. Although there are sharp differences between classes majority of people have enough means to support their lives. You would hear compaints of the government in developing countries mostly. When people unite in something equal there is usually less conflict. For example, in the army, there are hardships but then these hardships are equally present for everyone. So, all the soldiers keep marching together in a complete accord. Problems start when differences in society become pronounced...

Quoting barba_mama

 

 

Actually reporting it, is an action in my eyes. Sitting at home, telling your aunty that the place had bad food, is complaining. Nothing will change, unless your aunt has the power to close restaurants You have to do something, like report it to officials to change something.

 

What I mean was, is that you have to do the things that will actually make a difference, instead of talking about the situation in a way that will not actually change anything about the situation. I think we are on the same page actually

 

 

 



Thread: Human Trafficking

588.       vineyards
1954 posts
 29 Dec 2009 Tue 03:10 am

 

Quoting barba_mama

I love it when people say "the system" or "the government" or "the companies" like

 

Well, as a matter of fact, you are wrong here and other people are actually doing the right thing by questioning all these entities.

 

There will surely be other, better systems and by raising these questions we are actually paving the path for better alternatives.

 

Tomorrow, there will be different regimes, different policies and different business forms since humans needs and demands will substantially change in the course of time.

 



Thread: Rowan the Conservative

589.       vineyards
1954 posts
 24 Dec 2009 Thu 01:36 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg-4ATrE8n0&feature=related



Thread: Muscat Grapes and Mulberries in Turkey?

590.       vineyards
1954 posts
 23 Dec 2009 Wed 10:24 pm

Taste is not easy to describe. I try to stay away from those unearthly definitions of grape variatels. I think the satisfaction a perfect glass of wine is undescribable.

 

As for Muscat, yes it is a special grape. Nevertheless, I am not a white wine enthusiast. When I drink white for a change, I might prefer Muscat because of its nice scent and taste. As a matter of fact, there is another domestic white grape called Sultaniye, it produces dry wines. 

 

These are the grapes native to Turkey:

 

Öküzgözü

Boğazkere

Adakarası

Lahne

Kalecik Karası

Horoz Karası

Çalkarası

Papazkarası

 

Narince

Sultaniye

Emir

Misket

Rumi

 



Edited (12/23/2009) by vineyards



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