tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post114792878797300074..comments2024-01-23T11:00:45.457-08:00Comments on Rastî: WOLVES AND CIRCUSESMizgînhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01850990661771197094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-1148254350467589412006-05-21T16:32:00.000-07:002006-05-21T16:32:00.000-07:00I read earlier in the week that the police had pic...I read earlier in the week that the police had picked up two other guys in connection with Arslan, two guys that he had talked to that morning on his cell phone. I am not surprised that they have some army captain "under guard."<BR/><BR/>Everyone knows for certain that special teams are picked from ultra-nationalist groups, and that they are heavily involved with all the other dirty business you mention.<BR/><BR/>Business as usual.Mizgînhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850990661771197094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-1148249493965205682006-05-21T15:11:00.000-07:002006-05-21T15:11:00.000-07:00"A former Turkish army captain wanted for alleged ..."A former Turkish army captain wanted for alleged involvement in the killing of a senior judge by a suspected Islamist is under police guard, reports say"<BR/><BR/>Source: TND<BR/><BR/>Ehh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-1148227701625710572006-05-21T09:08:00.000-07:002006-05-21T09:08:00.000-07:00It shows the real face of Mehmet. Everbody knows t...It shows the real face of Mehmet. Everbody knows that MHP is behind drugs, assasinations, murders, etc, etc ,etc..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-1148177475630567102006-05-20T19:11:00.000-07:002006-05-20T19:11:00.000-07:00Welat, you bring up an interesting point, and it i...Welat, you bring up an interesting point, and it is one that goes all the way back to Ziya Gokalp. we are always told that he was a Kurd, but the fact is that, according to Gokalp's own ideas--which helped to form Kemalism--he was not a Kurd. He chose Turkishness. The same thing goes for all the other so-called "Kurds" who have been part of the Turkish system. They were assimilated, so I find it difficult, if not impossible, to think of them as Kurds. It is a question of choice.<BR/><BR/>The problem in the area you speak of is derived more from a religious standpoint than from an ethnic one, which comes from the Turkish-Islamic synthesis. This ideology was created after the 1980 coup, in an attempt to defend against socialism/communism, specifically the Kurdish national movement. It combined extreme Turkish nationalism with Islam and was proposed by a group of right-wing intellectuals(MHPers). It was this ideology that made religious education mandatory in Turkish schools--in spite of the so-called secularism of the TC. Turgut Ozal was associated with this movement. We might also ask how much this ideology contributed to the state's formation of Turkish Hezbollah. How much did the ideology contribute to the 1993 Sivas massacre of Alevis or the 1995 Istanbul massacre of Alevis?<BR/><BR/>If Alparslan Arslan identifies himself with this ideology, then I have a difficult time believing he is a Kurd because I don't believe that he makes the choice to identify himself, first and foremost, as a Kurd.<BR/><BR/>I think it's interesting, too, that <A _BLANK HREF="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=43847" REL="nofollow">Mehmet Ali Birand</A> is making excuses for these fascists.Mizgînhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850990661771197094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19312979.post-1148079822279687452006-05-19T16:03:00.000-07:002006-05-19T16:03:00.000-07:00The MHP fascist is from Bingöl. He is another KURD...The MHP fascist is from Bingöl. He is another KURD! unbelievable..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com