When the SS dither their modus then you are in trouble.
As I’ve said on many occasions wherever the GGT/UNESCO went
on their cars and bikes they left a trial of destruction.
It was something in this weekend’s Tarpley involving the
Syrian geezer with the ridiculous Clouseauesque reportage that got me
thinking….. http://tarpley.net/obama-and-putin-agree-that-turkish-dictator-erdogan-must-go/
.The German Flak batteries got the hell out of country pronto. So bye bye Gobekli
Tepi then as predicted here years ago.
So what could be more career topping for the GGT than a deep
recce and topping Clarkson all in one go?
Turkish Community in Buenos
Aires
BUENOS AIRES
- Turkish Daily News | 3/20/2007 12:00:00 AM |
It is quite impressive to see a wall decoration in the
biggest subway station of Buenos Aires that reads “Ve Lâ Gâlibe İllâ Allah -
There is no other victorious than Allah” or to notice a İbn-i Rüşd, a
It is quite impressive to see a wall decoration in the
biggest subway station of Buenos Aires
that reads “Ve Lâ Gâlibe İllâ Allah - There is no other victorious than Allah”
or to notice a İbn-i Rüşd, a very well known Muslim philosopher, memorial on
one of the largest avenues of the city. Former president Carlos Menem, the son
of Syrian settlers also unknown as the “El Turco” played a great role for the
revival interest in Islamic culture in Argentina.
Although the number of the Ottoman immigrants whom
Argentines call as “Los Turcos” is quite high the Turkish community in Buenos Aires is very
small. Their number is not more than fifty and even that is generous. Apart
from a general interest for Islam the Argentinean soccer players like Ortega,
Delgado and Batistuta who play in the Turkish league re-inforce an interest for
Turkey
in specific. Even the Nike store in Buenos
Aires has a special section for red and white Turkish
jerseys.
In every book stores' window nowadays it is possible to see
the posters of Orhan Pamuk. “It is one our best sellers” says one of the
cashiers at Uspide Bookstore, one of the main bookstore chains in Buenos Aires.
The role of Argentina-Turkey Friendship Foundation (ATFF) is
also enormous for such an interest. During the feast of the sacrifice last year
ATFF distributed meat to the poor. “We sacrificed 750 sheep during our holy day
and we would like to turn this into a tradition in Argentina” say ATFF members.
Especially after 2001 economic crises there is still a large amount of people
in Argentina
who are in need.
Most of the Turks in Buenos
Aires work for the ATFF. The foundation was initiated
by Elniki Hayruz, a German descent Argentinean. Today the foundation runs a
cultural center. They offer Turkish cooking classes, Turkish language classes
and classes on Islam. Especially Turkish cooking classes attract many students
as the first Turkish döner restaurant opened up in Buenos Aires last week.
The ATFF also supported opening up a school in Buenos Aires. Colegio
Hercules is the first Argentinean-Turkish school. It was established in 2006.
Today the school has 110 students. Colegio Hercules is one of the Turkish
schools that are run by Fethullah Gülen - a former Islamic preacher, writer,
and leader of the eponymous group alternatively called Gülen's movement, or
Fethullahçı movement in Turkey.
His critics accuse him of undermining the secular nature of Turkish Republic and advocating the Islamization
of society, while his supporters hail him as an open-minded Islamic scholar and
claim he has been subject to a long-lasting hate campaign.
The movement runs several hundred schools, mostly in Turkey and Central Asia.
In these schools children from different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds
are educated by mainly Turkish educators. The financially very strong
(estimated at $25 billion in 1999) movement owns - apart from their focus on
schools - radio and TV stations, a news agency, a bank, several publishing
houses, and newspapers (among them the very successful Zaman). The movement as
a whole counts several hundred thousand members, making it one of the largest -
maybe the largest - Islamic movement in Turkey.
“Colegio Hercules is a secular school,” the principal Mansur
Ömercikoğlu says. Most schools in Argentina are run by churches. The
education language in Colegio Hercules is in English and Spanish. Turkish is
taught as an elective course. “The interest for the school is very high we do
not have any space left for the next semester,” adds Ömercikoğlu.
The Turkish Embassy in Buenos
Aires on the other hand is not very influential. It
has been neglected by Ankara
for several years. The diplomats who are about to retire were sent as a last
stop to Argentina.
Thus the political, social, cultural and economical relations did not develop
very much. Turkey,
for example, could only export $46 million worth of automotive replacement
parts and import $300 million worth of petrochemicals and agriculture products.
Finally when this year Argentina
recognized the Armenian genocide the diplomatic relations between Buenos Aires and Ankara
soured.
It is very unfortunate that Turkey
who has historical ties with strong ethnic communities in Argentina could not use this opportunity to open
up to Latin America. Now Colegio Hercules is
trying to accomplish what the Turkish government has disregarded for so long.
Acceptance of Armenian Genocide - The Future of
Turkey-Argentina Relations:
As I got more and more familiar with the country it shocked
me to see the similarities between Turkey
and Argentina.
I asked Engin, a friend who has been living in the city for about three years:
“Is it me or do you also think that there are so many similarities between
Argentines and Turks?” He laughed and responded: “Argentines are like Turks
without nerves! They never get mad at the traffic and never honk!” Argentina's
Mediterranean heritage plays a great role in such resemblance Engin thinks.
Although two countries never had close ties due to
geographical distance most of the time Argentina
and Turkey
acted together at the U.N. say diplomats. The Ottoman influence in Argentina due
to immigration and shared interest of two peoples in soccer always promoted
positive feelings towards each other. However, when Argentina
recognized the “1915 events” as “genocide against Armenians” the diplomatic
relations between Buenos Aires and Ankara came to a hold.
Turkey
called its ambassador immediately to Ankara
to re-evaluate the two countries' relations after the decision had been taken
in the Argentinean Parliament in January. Ankara
decided to halt four economic initiatives until the Kirchner government acts on
the decision and declares that as the government they do not agree with their
own parliament. Since the relation between the President Nestor Kirchener and
the Armenian lobby is very strong most think that what Turkey is
expecting may never come true. Nevertheless Ankara seems determinate to go with the four
tiered plan.
Accordingly Turkey
first will stop going forward with the planned satellite technology procurement
from Argentina.
Second, Ankara will wait signing an agreement
with Buenos Aires
on importing liquefied natural gas that can be safely used in busses and cars. Argentina is in
the top five using and exporting liquefied natural gas. Third, Turkey, concerned about Iran developing
nuclear capacity, is in the race to strengthen her nuclear technology. There
were serious plans to buy nuclear technology from Argentina;
however, Ankara
now looks at other directions for acquiring such capacity. Finally Turkey who started to import meat from abroad
was in the process of talking to Argentina importing its world wide
famous steaks. The Turkish officials say now Ankara will follow a “wait and see” strategy.
The presidential elections in Argentina will take place in
October. The candidacy of the first lady Cristina Kirchner is a high
possibility. If the first lady becomes the president then it is less likely
that Buenos Aires government will try to find
ways to reconcile with Ankara.
Kirchner is known to have very good and strong relations with France who also recognized Armenian
genocide.
Starting this April, on every April 24, the Armenian
community in Argentina
will have a public holiday to remember the lost ones. Most Turks who live in
this southern hemisphere country think that Turkey
is now paying the price for ignoring Latin America
for so long. “If they could have kept its historical ties with the Ottoman
immigrants this resolution would have never passed”many say.
Top Gear, Gülen, Pope, Bariloche.
Repeat after me.
“There never was, is or will be a conspiracy.”
BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA.
