Archive for the 'Mithat MELEN' Category

Half of the nail

Cuma, Ekim 19th, 2007

  Turkey is a beautiful country; nature has provided her with everything. In mid-October while Central Anatolia is freezing cold you can go swimming along the shores of the Mediterranean.
  By car we started from Ankara, driving on the Konya-Akseki road and easily reached Manavgat. The Ankara-Konya road has a double lane. Along the highway […]

Strategic thinking

Cumartesi, Haziran 23rd, 2007

All over the world people are guided by leaders. Maybe Europe’s current problems stem from the lack of serious leaders.

  According to an opinion poll published in the Financial Times, almost every EU member country is against enlargement. Seventy one per cent of the French, 66 per cent of Germans, 60 per cent of Italians […]

Do you know?

Cumartesi, Haziran 9th, 2007

I am sitting at the wheel of a large bus driving along the Esenboğa road near the Ankara airport. At that instant I remember a joke. A bus full of passengers is driving in high speed. One of the panic-stricken passengers shouts at the driver. “Slow down. Do you want to kill us?” The driver […]

Once upon a time in Ankara

Cuma, Haziran 1st, 2007

  The other day a friend said: “All maps are flat. They don’t have any dimensions.” My friend is right. Even colored maps don’t have any dimensions on paper.  Look at the Cinnah Street, Ankara, on the map. It looks very flat. But when you start walking on Cinnah Street you immediately discover that you […]

Serious spectators

Cuma, Mayıs 25th, 2007

 The new French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, collected the electorate’s votes promising for change. He immediately went on his way for a holiday after getting elected and started making plans for “change” on a yacht belonging to one of his friends.
  Doubtless, he will not give an idea to the upcoming parliamentary elections in June because […]

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