Sanırım Eylül´ün 20´sine kadar beklemek zorundayım. O tarihte orada olacak mısın ?

 yes, thats possible,

ya olduğun gibi görün yada göründüğün gibi ol

  - be who you are

  - act as you are

  - behave as you are

  Moral of the story is , dont wear mask, dont act like somebody else, be yourself. Be honest person.

Hi Kristy, Good luck with your learning Turkish . Your paragraph would be translated as follows ;

 Hello. I added you but it´s just a random add, I saw you on my friends suggestions. I am living in England but orginally I am from Germany. I hope you don´t mind me sending this request and thank you if you accept

Merhaba. Seni ekledim ama bu sadece rastgele bir eklemeydi. Seni arkadaşlarımın önerilerinde gördüm. Ben İngiltere´de yaşıyorum fakat aslen Almanyadanım. Umarım sana istek göndermemde bir sakınca yoktur.  Teşekkürler eğer kabul edersen.

 either exist as you are, or be as you look.

Note : this is a quote of Rumi. [ Mevlana Celaledding Rumi ] , great thinker lived in Konya centuries ago.

Belonging Ataturk´s childeren ? Ataturk never claimed to being father of Turks, that title is given to  him by Nation itself. Cus Turkish people loved and loves  him sincerely , and greatful to him for saving the country from barbaric invasion of imperialist nations. Some few people who are provoked by spider minded people thinks that He destroyed Islam in Turkey which He didnt. On the contrary He saved Muslim population and Islam in Turkey by kicking  emperialist western powers out the country. In fact those people who are protesting "national pledge " are obviously against everything that Ataturk did..Ataturk was a human being just like us.. He didnt like  to be over praised.

They can protest , no one stops them. But one thing they should know that If Ataturk didnt start the independence war those people wouldnt have own schools to send their children to. They wouldnt have mosques to worship in...they even would have had to speak  other languages as colonised nation .

 "Kemalist ideology defines the "Turkish Nation" as a nation of Turkish People who always love and seek to exalt their family, country and nation, who know their duties and responsibilities towards the democratic, secular and social state governed by the rule of law, founded on human rights, and on the tenets laid down in the preamble to the constitution of the Republic of Turkey

Kemalist nationalism is an extension of the Kemalist modernization movement. It was brought against the political domination of sheikhs, tribal leaders and Islamism (Islam as a political system). Initially the declaration of the republic was perceived as "Returning to the days of the first caliphs "However, Kemalist nationalism aimed to shift the political legitimacy from autocracy (Ottoman Dynasty), theocracy (Caliphate) and feudalism (tribal leaders) to the active participation of its citizenry, the Turks. Active participation, or the "will of the people", was established with the republican regime and Turkishness rather than other forms of affiliations that were promoted. The shift in affiliation was symbolized with:

Turkish: Ne mutlu Türküm diyene.
(English: How happy is he/she who calls himself/herself a Turk)

—Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Kemalist nationalism´s social content does not accept any adjectives placed before the definition of a nation [a nation of ...]; denounces the types of national unity based on racial, religious, totalitarian and fascist ideologies, by claiming:

Unconditional, unrestricted sovereignty belongs to the people.^[11]

—Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

 

Regarding expansionism, Kemalist nationalism opposes imperialism and aims to promote "peace" in both the domestic and the international arenas.

 The "Obelix" story is ;

 Theodosius the Great,who in 390  brought an obelisk from Egypt and erected it inside the racing track.  it was originally erected at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor during the reign of Tuthmosis III in about 1490 BC. Theodosius had the obelisk cut into three pieces and brought to Constantinople.

As you see ;

First point = Obeliks was brought into Istanbul during Roman Reign, Theosius the Great, it was way  before Turks.

Second point = It wasnt stolen as Egypt was part of Roman Empire.

 Note : Another item ; Hittite statue had been taken to Berlin archaeologists in 1917 and never returned to Turkey.

Protesters demand removal of pledge from Turkish schools

Protesters from two civil-society organizations gather Saturday in Istanbul’s Fatih district to demand the end of the daily recitation of “Our Pledge,” an oath that focuses on “Turkish values” and the greatness of founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Members from the Free Thinking and Educational Rights Association, or Özgür-Der, and the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples, or Mazlum-Der, gathered in front of Fatih Post Office with their children carrying signs that read, “We do not want a racist Kemalist syllabus. We are rejecting the racist pledge.“

“Schools have been turned into barracks and students have been turned into soldiers,” said the group’s spokeswoman, Zehra Türkmen. “They are trying to shape our children’s mentalities with stereotypical formal ideologies. They aim to raise generations that are unable to question anything.”

Türkmen said the group was also demanding the removal of national security classes from schools and that students be taught their mother tongue in school. The group also shouted slogans demanding that headscarves be permitted in schools.

“Our pledge’s content is in contradiction with Islamic belief and is a racist recital,” Türkmen said.

A fifth-grade student among the protestors also said being obliged to recite the pledge every day was cruel.

Protesters then sent letters listing their demands to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office and the Education Ministry.

The removal of “Our Pledge” from schools was discussed last year, but former Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu said there were no current plans to end the classes

Note : I am proud of being a Turk. And the defination of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk´s nationalism is NOT like Hitler´s one. Ataturk´s nationalism is NOT based on blood, its based on "the feeling of belongingness " Anyone who feels that He/She belongs Turkish nation, anyone who loves this land deeply, anyone who thinks he/she has responsibility in working together for better future of this country is called  Turk.  Its like American,do people call themselves Italian because their father immigrated from Italy to America ? No,all nationalities living in America call themselves American..why it bothers people  that much ? Kurds, Laz people [living in blacksea area], Circassians, Georgians, Albanians,Arabs [Arab origin people in Antakya] living in Turkey see themselves as Turk. Islam is NOT conradicting with Ataturk´s nationalism.And plus you folks ,you are not the only one representing Islam in this beautiful country.

Happy is the one who calls himself a Turk ! [ Ne mutlu Türküm diyene ]

Heracles to return to Turkey

Note : Good news but we want all other ones return to Turkey as well.. 

 http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_68  you can find useful info on the subject.