Quoting gazza1:

boş ver sıkma canını

kütü insan her zaman kendıne kütülük yapar

seni tabiki düşÃ¼niyor


stop worying

bad people always cause badness to you

you certainly it/he is thinking

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

It is very interesting.

The problem will never go away because there are people who make a lot of money out of being lobbyists for the Armenian side. This is their professional job. For example if I write anything pro-Turkish in my book reviews on Sundays Zaman newspaper (even if the books was nothing to do with Armenian issue) I get mail from Armenian lobbyists saying how can I like Turkey as a foreigner, etc etc and these letters sound exactly like the ones this guy quotes here.

My friend Charlotte McPherson, who does the culture spot on the expat page on Todays Zaman 4 days a week gets exactly the same.

My friend Bea Vanni who writes a wonderful blog on Turkey (www.remarkablesolutionsblog.com) gets the same. She is a bit more agressive and writes sometimes about the Armenian question. Then she gets abusive mail calling her "a whore of the Turkish government" etc.

So, as 3 fairly neutral westerners, who are trying to have an open mind about the issue , we get beaten up by one side but not by the other.

So I conclude:
1. One side is determined not to let the issue go
2. The other (Turkey) would be very wise to ACTIVELY PUSH for an international investigation from a body like the United Nations to look at THE EVIDENCE ON BOTH SIDES.
3. They also would be wise to say the Modern Turkish Democratic Republic is no more responsible for what the Ottoman Empire did (as it is a new nation) than the German people of today are responsible for Hitler, UK people are responsible for atrocities of British Empire, Americans for atrocities against Native Americans etc.

(WOW: No 3 will probably get a lot of angry responses, but what the heck! I will also say that I understand from historical evidence that a lot of the killing in the South East was not done by Turkish army, but by Kurdish warlords, and the Turkish army just turned a blind eye and let one of their enemies destroy the other one.)

Atatürk said Yurtta sulh, Cihanda sulh - peace at home and peace in the world. I hope Turkey's politicians will pursue the best policy to achieve this is relation to this Q

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting lauraacorah:

thank you i rang them earlier and I got an answer so hopefully you will do to. Thank you so much xxx

Quoting lauraacorah:

Thehandsom am I glad to see your name

Quoting KeithL:

maybe you can have someone here phone the sister. There has been no news of a bus accident so I would rule that out.

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

Hi Laura

I translated your message on the thread this morning.

Can you send me:

Province name : Hatay (?)
District name : this is ilçe in Turkish: if you know it
Village name

and I will try to do some research on the web to find you a name or number.

Also your mans name

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting portokal: Quoting femme_fatal: i have a bank account mmmm... a fat 1, i hope?

Quoting jaga:

What do the stars mean, Thehandson?

Quoting portokal: