These words belong to a French farmer complaining to a European Union (EU) registration official checking the farm to see if meets farming subvention terms. This is the concise and tragic expression of under-populated rural areas and diminishing agricultural population in Europe since the industrial revolution. However, for we continue the way we […]
Relations with the European Union are not even an electoral issue in the July 22 campaigns. Political parties think twice before mentioning EU. Let alone the EU— there are no other topics than the presidential race, secularism, terror, funerals of soldiers, flag and nation. The EU is included only in foreign policy sections of the […]
Congratulations! The military expenditures in 2006 was $1204 billion, a 3,5 percent increase since 2005. An average per capita spending of $177!
In June for the last 41 years the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) releases annual compendium of data on world armament. Details of military spending during previous year and many expert studies […]
Ufuk Güldemir, was what we call in Turkish, “fırlama.” It’s not an easy word to translate. “Smart aleck” might work. Or “maverick.” Or even “wildman.” In any event, any of those words describe well the many-faceted journalist who died last week at the age of 51.
I waited, and was frankly surprised last Tuesday, […]
Is it terrible if different intermingled communities know the other’s language? With this, would not we have a better chance to know each other well?
A recent news report was reading: “Turkey planning for an effective fight against the Armenian genocide allegations will train diplomats to become experts on Armenia. For the first time, Turkish […]