What do you think about Turkey's position in general?
This poll is a very general one. Please select the option that best defines Turkey for you.
I generally prefer to rotate it about halfway through the cooking process, and baste it liberally.
Once cooked, I tend to position it toward the head of the table as opposed to the center, so that the carver can serve everyone himself and save a lot of hands and forks reaching across at once.
Basically a Muslim nation with a secular government. Tis unique.
Basically a modern, western style, Muslim nation with a secular government. Tis unique.
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and most of the 'Stans' would disagree.
Well yeah, barring the functioning democracy aspect.
Turkmenistan and most of the 'Stans' would disagree.
It's a matter of perception, of course, but I think of Turkey as a Western country. Being a secular democracy and a member of NATO, with part of its territory in Europe - that is good enough for me.
I generally prefer to rotate it about halfway through the cooking process, and baste it liberally.
Once cooked, I tend to position it toward the head of the table as opposed to the center, so that the carver can serve everyone himself and save a lot of hands and forks reaching across at once.
Aside from the whole 'locking up its political opponents thing' But then again Franco and Salazar did that (and worse) also and they were no less 'pro-western' so i would reiterate that we need to move on from the idea of 'The West' being the fountain of benevolence that we wish to believe it is in order for this debate to be meaningful.
I answered the question, as it was posed. Turkey now is not a full-bloom liberal democracy, and the treatment of non-violent Kurdish dissidents is of particular concern. One way of nudging it toward "blooming" would be to invite this fast-developing economy into the EU - after certain conditions have been met....
Oh yeah, the gruesome little dictatorship with abysmal standard of life and a golden statue of Dear Leader (Father of All Turkmen, to be precise) rotating to follow the Sun, his close relative - it is very Western and very modern....
some people claim to know much more about turkey than l do although l explained it to them many times!!!!!!!!
ATATÜRK means " his father is TÜRK " ,not father of turks!!!!
this is a lie fabrıcated by anti turk traitors( islamists etc)
no dictator is still missed by their people
What do you think about Turkey's position in general?
This poll is a very general one. Please select the option that best defines Turkey for you.
akp ?I never said it was, i said it was secular.
Edit; with hindsight i should have been clearer. And just to clarify i don't think the government of Turkey is moderate or democratic either
I generally prefer to rotate it about halfway through the cooking process, and baste it liberally.
Once cooked, I tend to position it toward the head of the table as opposed to the center, so that the carver can serve everyone himself and save a lot of hands and forks reaching across at once.
Mustafa, why are you calling Turkiye as "Turkey?"
you are right. it was a mistake