Excuse me!! That is not good enough!!

Let us know that there is a jam next time..  OK?

"Pass the parcel. That´s sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That´s the game I want you to learn. Pass it on."

A great quote from a great  movie "history boys"

Calm down

You have not started anything.. 

It is just the case that when someone  mentions that ´people actually have a common ancestor´, some of us just so eager to get up and say ´yes but the common ancestor was a Turk, we are the source of civilization etc´.

Well, no one here would say that ´I am not proud of my nation´.

Everybody is proud of what they are. 

But what we are talking about is "the science". 

In science, mostly you talk about the truths, which can be  proved. 

As far as the sun language theory goes, there is no scientific base for it.  I would recommend you to read Halil Berktay about the nations/languages in the land we live.  Please read the articles he wrote called ´hikaye i emerik´. Please do translate them if you have time..

So there is nothing to prove in that theory. As soon as Ataturk died, the theory has forgotten. 

some sections from it :

İnsanlığın geçmişinde, boşa gitmiş nice zaman ve emek var. Fantezilerle, sahte bilimle yitirilen yıllar. “Ağğ” sesinin, Emerik’in, Erke Dönergeci’nin, Oniki Ada’yı “aslında Türk” yapmanın peşinde tüketilen ömürler. Onca toplantı, atılan nutuklar, hayaller uğruna israf edilen kaynaklar.

Biri böyle bir kitap yazsa : Gelmiş Geçmiş En Absürd Projeler. “Türk Tarih Tezi”nin bile önünde, (günümüzde Türkiye’de bile çok daha az bilinmesi ve hatırlanması herhalde anlamlı olan) “Güneş-Dil Teorisi” yer alırdı sanırım.

Güya bütün diller “ah” veya “ağ” sesi ya da sözcük parçacığından türemiş. Neden ? İlk insan (ilk Türk mü demeli) güneşe bakıp hayret ve hayranlık içinde “ağ” demiş de ondan. Daha baştan sakat. Çünkü ilk insanın ortaya çıkmasının da, güneşi görmesinin de “ansızın” cereyan ettiğini sanıyor. Her nasılsa, (Tanrının Âdem’i yaratması gibi) öyle bir ilk insan çıkıyor ki ortaya, o zamana kadar hiç algılamadığı çevresinin birdenbire farkına varıyor; ilk defa başını kaldırıp güneşi görüyor ve o vaziyette, başı geride, “ağ” diyor.

Şaka gibi. Yeryüzünde hayat 4,5 milyon yıllık. Hominid’ler 3,5 milyon yıl geriye gidiyor.Ramapithecine’ler, Australopithecine’ler. Ancak 500.000 yıl önce, proto-Neandertal özellikler. SonraHomo sapiens sapiens. Bu süreç içinde, kim ilk “ağ” demiş acaba ? Lucy mi ? Homo erectus mu ? Homo habilis mi ?

Bu soruyu sormak bile yeter, bütün bir çılgınlığı önlemeye. Kipling’in If (Eğer) şiirinde ünlü iki mısra vardır : If you can keep your head/ While all around you are losing theirs (Sen koruyabilirsen aklını/ Başka herkes yitirirken). 1930’ların başlarında sakin ve ciddi bir kişi çıksa ve dese ki... Ama olmuyor işte. Diyemiyorlar. Koca koca adamlar sürükleniyor çocukça bir hevesin peşinden.

Tek Parti, Tek Adam rejim ve ortamlarının bir iflâh olmaz çürüklüğü işte burada. Normal bilim ölçüt ve kuralları askıya alınıyor. Yerine, bir ulu önder etrafında dönen, her dediğini doğru sayan-saydırtan başka kurallar geliyor.

We discusssed about this  guy in the past. He is not crazy but I think he is making a living out of it. Possibly he is a charlatan  

When discussing the politics, many groups come out and saying that ´they are the victim of state persecution, victim of assimilation by the state ´ etc..  Kurds/ alevis/christians etc. I think the biggest group of victims yet to come out : During the state building process - early years of the republic-, many things were said such as sun language theory* or the source for the civilisation was Turks or Turks are orginated from a sunken continent called MU etc. These theories did not have any scientific backings and become a great example about even the heros can not change the sciense. But some really believed in these type of things (or lies) wholeheartedly. They are the biggest victims..

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Language_Theory

Too religious!!

Another simple but elegant one will be  "Mutluluklar dilerim".

Where is Abla?

Just say ´Tebrik ederim´. Simple and easy.

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The redrafting of the Constitution in connection with the peace process, reconciliation in the southeast are two key issues that are closely related. We are committed to fighting terrorism. We have a strong dialogue with Turkey on that. The PKK [outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party] is still on the terrorist list of the EU. Of course, to make peace is a difficult endeavor; but it will bring something very important: pride, dignity, the recognition of some sort of identity, cultural rights, the use of people’s own languages for non-Turkish citizens; this is very important. It will also help in fighting regional disparities, which is one of the requirements for the accession process; the southeast has some difficulties, economically and socially speaking. So an agreement by all the citizens of this country on the structure of the state, on identity, language rights and the fight against all kinds of discrimination, is key for the future of this country, and this will tremendously help the accession process of Turkey to the EU. [This is] because this will allow the government to go faster to cover the last leg of the democratization process of the country, which is needed to fully comply with EU criteria.
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Source:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/peace-process-will-help-turkeys-accession-process-to-the-eu.aspx?pageID=238&nID=46283&NewsCatID=338

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Below is also another source about the support for the peace process. According to the polls, the support for the peace process has reached upto 90%!!!

Despite all the racism/retoric about nationalism/war mongering etc., people are humanbeings first. The moralof story is : Despite of the wrong education and years of brain washing do not change the concience of people.

http://www.mansettv.com/haber/cozum-surecine-destek-yuzde-90-20093.html