If someone bullies you, you do not normally react by self-criticism. The developments in the recent days are all serious affairs that have resulted in implications to the lifes of millions of people on both sides and more seems to be in store for the future.

Israel has adopted a patriotic tone since the beginning. No sane person would tolerate this. We have to show a reaction. Elsewhere, weaker nations lose their complete freedoms and welfare as a result of this show of machoism. It seems that the UN endorses this. All I am saying is this will not change anything. I am not yearning for a war but I am not saying a war never becomes necessary either.

"Fart" is obviously not a nice word on a public forum but in the end, there is a seed of truth in your statement. 

This world is being run by the almighty Western superpowers and the rest of the smaller Western countries take advantage of the broad classification by dutifully shaping their foreign policies in line with the interests of the US. Pro-western countries like ourselves meanwhile have to pretend standing on the fence just to keep their own citizens happy while giving full support to the same iron clad principles.

In other words, we are in it, traveling on the same train. We don´t have what it takes to put an end to it. This is their high time. They are responsible for most of the evil and good.

Israel presented a point of view to the world. They are the champions of a thought that holds it: you do not have to be powerful to run the world. A tiny country with limited means (apart from those granted by the US) in some desert land has an unprecedented weight in the world´s political affairs. This way, the well-being of a couple of million people can turn a whole region into a blood-bath. 

On paper, Turkey is stronger than Israel. A comparison of the navies alone would testify this. However, Israel has nuclear weapons which they can resort to when they feel threatened. Not a big navy, not a big army but creme de la creme of the big weapons.

Turkey will probably not turn this into a hot conflict. Because that would mean the beginning of another world war. What is more Turkey will probably be alone in this. Even the Arabs will not have the guts to side with Turkey. The rest of the Western countries will not buy Turkey´s criticism about powers that be.

There is speculation that Turkey also owns nuclear weapons. Once missiles are fired there is no going back but for now, the show must go on...

Here are my observations:

-The way Fenerbahçe management and the fans deal with the ongoing crisis is apalling. They act as if nothing has happened. They must have immediately disassociated themselves from crime and criminals. Unless fabricated, there is enough evidence to believe that their management are involved in criminal activities.

-The way the information leaked to the public is a scandal. That´s unbelievable. But we are kind of used to this. All crucial information that can damage the government´s opponents appear in international web sites. Remember what happened to Deniz Baykal and the high ranking army generals recently. They all follow a similar pattern. This calls to mind, the conspiracy theory that claims Fenerbahce president has been punished for bidding despite warnings,  at a large tender targeted by powers that be in Turkey.

-The way Turkish Football Federation handles this is another big scandal. They don´t have an opinion of their own.They look ridiculous when they do what others tell them to do. As if they are not obliged to know the UEFA rules and practices. What is their job then?

All these show, we are heading towards a chaotic period where justice is only served to those who control it.

Yes, I also suggest them become super democratic after being tired of butchering one another.

Should there be any delay in the process, the UN must intervene by carpet bombarding  what has remained from Libya. The fewer people remains, the easier it will be to become democratic (whatever that word means).

Anyway, we will have to be content with a soft Islamist regime that will show obedience to the West while oppressing its own people under sheria. We can also begin to see vultures (oil companies) rushing in to complete the scene.

Now the big question is which country will be the next?

Let´s be perpetually penitent then...

My mother who needs to take  blood pressure control pills fasts at the age of 71. There are millions like her out there. Based on the number of fasters, we must have long become a nation of angels. We sacrifice poor animals in the streets to pay for our sins too. Are we even one percent better than the Dutch or the Brits?

I wish tax payers money would be used for some scientific research instead of this public show.

Remember the name of that volcano that ruined the air traffic in Europe. Some channels even claimed they render the word most accurately showing a selection of other European channels mispronouncing it.

In every language, there are unique wovels pronounced correctly by the native speakers of that language. For example, for many of our foreign users it is next to impossible to pronounce the wovel "ö", "ı" is difficult and "ü" is a challenge. Some people may think they are rendering these wovels correctly but in fact a native speaker will detect the difference instantly.

There are speech sounds unique to Arabic too. Since Arabic is closer to European languages than Turkish is (because of the Indo-European link) one of their wovels is a bit like the British AE sound. It is neight "e" nor "a" hence the confusion.

TRT has recently opened an Arabic channel. Maybe, their staff wanted to help the guys at the Turkish department which resulted in this non-standard pronunciation.

As for popularity of Esad as a Turkish name, I can´t agree with you, the only Esads I have ever heard of are Hafiz Esad the Syrian President and Küçükesad a district in Ankara. It is an old name which was already rare in its heyday and not much heard of, today.

No. I guess it is a technical problem. It happens when I post from Google Chrome I guess.

Summarily, I raved about what Ms. May might have meant when she said community consent. Maybe she means, these matters must be settled according to the norms of different communities, if it is a Turkish or Kurdish community they may bang on your heads with their bats; elsewhere you are free to loot. Please let us keep our heads up when we are basking in the pride of our advanced civil and cultural norms. You surely don´t expect me to be bothered with the matters of the commons just because I am a home secretary.