I probably should have asked this in a different way...  Can anyone who has lived in Turkey or has grown up elsewhere but considers themselves Turkish give me their perspective on the impact or direction of Turkey as it historically pertains to the decline of the Ottoman Empire and/or Napoleonic/French relations/greed?  I´m really interested in a Turkish opinion, or several, or that matter.  I know this deviates from linguistic discussion, but I don´t know how else to isolate modern Turkish perspective or consensus on an area of Turkish history.  Thank you your help, everyone.

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What kind of creative or very simple recommendations do you have to adapt sustainability to our lives?

Godinama - Merlin

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 I agree

I am from one of ex - communist country; my friends and I hoped more after 1989..but..all in vain...Indeed, all was a big lie, the life, the work...nowadays is better even if most of us dont want to see the truth; if you are able to work good and efficient your life is good; indeed, we are so far from Germany, Belgium or France, but we are not so hard working people; we like to receive a bit and to give a bit - my opinion; indeed, they are my peoples...anyway, as you said, the democracy and progress are so different from coruption; the coruption exist, maybe, everywhere, but that not means we dont need progress and change to better

Actually I don´t think that democracy should be defined as 50% +1, that is not democracy but rule of the majority. Democracy is where every citizen´s rights are respected, not 51% of the people´s dictatorship over the other 49%. And especially when it comes to changes to constitution, the changes should not be approved by 51%.