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22 Jan 2008 Tue 06:19 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Quote: I am sure neither the Turkish students who created our own "blood flag" nor the authorities who liked the idea would have sympathy with the Nazi ideology. And their nationalism cannot be compared to the fascism of Adolf Hitler. But the similarity we see in these cases is still disturbing and still needs some explanation.
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Yet, I do find it very unhealthy as well as strange to put their own blood on the flag. 
Also, interesting to see that Turkeys educational system doesn't expand on World War I and II. |
It is quite unhealthy.. I agree.
However, WW I is not the missing one, the writer is talking about WW II.
I think there is a point there. Because, beginning of 1940 is the time when turkish nationalism started to change its face. It is the time when nationalism, inherited from 1920's (from Ataturk), started to become more and more racist. There were many nazis in Turkey at the time apparently. And there was huge surge in racism.
I think the point can be taken that in Europe, for the countries which joined war, the result was catastrophic. The blame went directly to racism. And the racism, somehow, was crushed.
Because Turkey did not suffer the consequences of the war as much as europe, our racism stayed intact.
And here we are
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