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TURKISH PEOPLE'S CHOICE
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1.       RICK
96 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 12:32 pm

TURKS FIND THEIRSELVES CLOSE TO THE COUNTRIES BELOW (AS I VE SEEN):

OF COURSE AZERBAIJAN - N.CYPRUS - UZBEKISTAN - KAZAKHSTAN - TURKMENISTAN - KIRGIZISTAN

THEN

UKRAINE - GEORGIA - GERMANY (SURPRISING?) - GREECE - SPAIN - ITALY

THENNN

KOREA - INDONESIA - BANGLADESH - PAKISTAN - CUBA - VENEZUELA ( )

WELL THATS ALL I REMEMBER NOW ......

SO THE COUNTRIES THEY DONT LIKE;

FRANCE (NUMBER 1 NOW) - USA - NEW IRAQ

AM I WRONG ABOUT IT?

2.       kazpol
99 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 01:05 pm

korea?
hmm, that surprises me!

3.       adife
43 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 01:23 pm

where is china ?
my city many turkish busniess man most from istanbul
* welcome to china *

4.       mltm
3690 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 01:32 pm

Quoting RICK:

TURKS FIND THEIRSELVES CLOSE TO THE COUNTRIES BELOW (AS I VE SEEN):

OF COURSE AZERBAIJAN - N.CYPRUS - UZBEKISTAN - KAZAKHSTAN - TURKMENISTAN - KIRGIZISTAN

THEN

UKRAINE - GEORGIA - GERMANY (SURPRISING?) - GREECE - SPAIN - ITALY

THENNN

KOREA - INDONESIA - BANGLADESH - PAKISTAN - CUBA - VENEZUELA ( )

WELL THATS ALL I REMEMBER NOW ......

SO THE COUNTRIES THEY DONT LIKE;

FRANCE (NUMBER 1 NOW) - USA - NEW IRAQ

AM I WRONG ABOUT IT?


I don't agree with this very much. I cannot talk for all the turkish people because there're different people in different regions.
I don't think we feel very close to the Turkic countries like Özbekistan, Kazakistan etc. but morely we consider them as cousins
I think we feel closer to Mediterranean countries and Germany.
North Cyprus is ofcourse the small Türkiye
I think a few years ago US was also a favourite country for Turks, well now there're more haters than lovers.
For the countries that Turks don't have much sympathy for might be France as you said although we have historical relationships (well I think the opposite as I'm half french!! ) and ofcourse the arab countries we don't get along very well.
Erhmm, and what can I say about Greece, are we eternal enemies?? but still we have too much common.
Pakistani, Korea are good friends.
For the far east and south america and african countries, I think we're too far to feel something.
Well, I don't like very much making such classifyings since most of the things are political and if people want, all people can get along well and neither of us is very different than the other.

5.       kazpol
99 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 02:06 pm

well, mltm, its just worth knowing who prefers whom. i found it interesting (thanks rick). i know that those who say that they hate usa, actually deep in heart want usa, they just say so in order to show their solidarity with iraq or some other countries alike. there is no need to be politically correct or even quiet. lets openly say of what we really think and feel, nothing will terribly happen to me if turks happen not to like my country. mltm, dont pacify the feelings or rights to share the feelings. there's nothing wrong in not loving usa or france since its nobody's duty to love. i just noticed one thing, they say they hate, but actually they r not pretty sure o their hatred.
with love

6.       sophie
2712 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 02:35 pm

Well...it's all about politics.
We use to say that we hate this we hate that, but infact we hate Bush (or better the people behind him who decide for him too) or they hate Karamanlis or Erdogan and so on.

I switched on the tv yesteray, during the evening news, which is something I hadn't done for quite a long time. I regretted it from the first moment. It was all about 'the new Turkish challenge' (I have no idea what it is this time) and the 'Turkish minority' in Greece etc.

But I knew that I m a member of a turkish website, I have friends who love me here and i love them back . That i celebrated galatasaray's championship and i partied last night with the turkish entry to eurovision's finals.
Serious or silly, important or not, i find hundreds of reasons each day, to prove that I have my own way of seeing things, my own opinion and an open mind to work all the data i receive .

And that bunch of people who rule my country, can do nothing to persuade me that I should hate a whole nation, for the sins that they or we made in a distant past...

7.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 02:50 pm

Quoting kazpol:

korea?
hmm, that surprises me!



korea is important for us! our grandparents were there when there was the war between south and north korea, they fought for south, but not important the side...

8.       kazpol
99 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 03:04 pm

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting kazpol:

korea?
hmm, that surprises me!



korea is important for us! our grandparents were there when there was the war between south and north korea, they fought for south, but not important the side...


really, gosh, i didnt know that

9.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 03:58 pm

Quoting kazpol:

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting kazpol:

korea?
hmm, that surprises me!



korea is important for us! our grandparents were there when there was the war between south and north korea, they fought for south, but not important the side...


really, gosh, i didnt know that


if you remember, when turkey was 3rd in worldcup, that was in korea/japan, and all korean fans were following turkish matches, all supported turkey, and had turkish flags and korean flags together....
japanese ppl also supported, i think.

10.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 19 May 2006 Fri 04:01 pm

Quoting RICK:

TURKS FIND THEIRSELVES CLOSE TO THE COUNTRIES BELOW (AS I VE SEEN):

OF COURSE AZERBAIJAN - N.CYPRUS - UZBEKISTAN - KAZAKHSTAN - TURKMENISTAN - KIRGIZISTAN

THEN

UKRAINE - GEORGIA - GERMANY (SURPRISING?) - GREECE - SPAIN - ITALY

THENNN

KOREA - INDONESIA - BANGLADESH - PAKISTAN - CUBA - VENEZUELA ( )

WELL THATS ALL I REMEMBER NOW ......

SO THE COUNTRIES THEY DONT LIKE;

FRANCE (NUMBER 1 NOW) - USA - NEW IRAQ

AM I WRONG ABOUT IT?



i am not sure about venezuela and cuba... i never hear something like that...

but france: they always say "turks made massacre to armerians", so this makes turks angry. maybe this is a point...

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