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100.       turquoise
938 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 12:45 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

 

 

 Yes you are right.  If arguing makes you stressed and angry then it is to be avoided.  If you find it enjoyable, then why not?

 

 nope it doesnt make me angry or stressed. i mean we cant even solve those problems in turkiye and arguing about them with foreigners.its kinda funny

101.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 12:46 pm

 

Quoting turquoise

 

 

 nope it doesnt make me angry or stressed. i mean we cant even solve those problems in turkiye and arguing about them with foreigners.its kinda funny

 

 Does it upset you to argue about it with foreigners?  After all this is a site about Turkey, so most subjects are going to be about Turkey

102.       si++
3785 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 12:48 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

 

 

I am not denying our history, so therefore your point is irrelevent 

You stated that Turkey had not oppressed or colonised, and I proved you wrong

 

I made no such statement about Britain

 

Ottomans didn´t colonise. They expanded their territory and then lost during their decline. They only taxed their Christian subject. Other than that they set them free. No opression. They are innocent when compared to what you did.

 

103.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 12:53 pm

 

Quoting si++

 

Ottomans didn´t colonise. They expanded their territory and then lost during their decline. They only taxed their Christian subject. Other than that they set them free. No opression. They are innocent when compared to what you did.

 

 

I do not state that the Ottomans were oppressive... again you are reading more into my comment than exists.  I merely said that you colonised.  The definition of colonised is "take up residence and become established" which I believe you did during the Ottoman Empire.  I am not criticising the Ottomans, just stating fact



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104.       si++
3785 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 12:56 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

 

 

I do not state that the Ottomans were oppressive... again you are reading more into my comment than exists.  I merely said that you colonised.  The definition of colised is "take up residence and become established" which I believe you did during the Ottoman Empire.  I am not criticising the Ottomans, just stating fact

Colony -- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

 

105.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 01:00 pm

 

Quoting si++

 

Colony -- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

 

 

You are splitting hairs now lol  Your dictionary is different to mine?  So?  Sorry but I won´t waste time arguing about your trivia.  I have heard Turks describe "The Ottoman Empire" ... see what your dictionary defines as "empire".

 

I think you are just upset to be proved wrong and will argue all day now.... unfortunately I don´t have time canim

 

 

 

 

106.       turquoise
938 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 01:01 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

 

 

 Does it upset you to argue about it with foreigners?  After all this is a site about Turkey, so most subjects are going to be about Turkey

 

 

 see the top of the site it says



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107.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 01:02 pm

 

Quoting si++

 

Ottomans didn´t colonise. They expanded their territory and then lost during their decline. They only taxed their Christian subject. Other than that they set them free. No opression. They are innocent when compared to what you did.

 

 

There were wonderful, I agree.  So liberal...during the Ottoman era, Armenians, Jews, Greeks all lived in peace and people had the right to speak their own language. 

 

You must be sad that modern Turkey is so different canim.  Oppression and people made slaves to Kemalism... no wonder you look to Ottomans and sigh "if only"....



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108.       si++
3785 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 01:08 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

 

 

There were wonderful, I agree.  So liberal...during the Ottoman era, Armenians, Jews, Greeks all lived in peace and people had the right to speak their own language. 

 

You must be sad that modern Turkey is so different canim.  Oppression and people made slaves to Kemalism... no wonder you look to Ottomans and sigh "if only"....

No I am happy living in TC. I am only dreaming maybe I would be living in Balkans now where my Grandfathers used to live if we hadn´t  been pushed out of there.

 

109.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 01:10 pm

 

Quoting si++

 

No I am happy living in TC.  

 

 You live in Turkish Class?

110.       si++
3785 posts
 05 Mar 2009 Thu 01:13 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

 

 

You are splitting hairs now lol  Your dictionary is different to mine?  So?  Sorry but I won´t waste time arguing about your trivia.  I have heard Turks describe "The Ottoman Empire" ... see what your dictionary defines as "empire".

 

I think you are just upset to be proved wrong and will argue all day now.... unfortunately I don´t have time canim

 

 

 

 

Yeah we were an Empire but not like yours. Your banks are full of money you brought from your colonies and you feed yourselves on them.

What´s left to us from our empire only the debts we had to pay.

 

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