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on Friday March 07 2014, @10:01AM
from the with-a-capital-"T"-and-that-rhymes-with-"P" dept.
from the with-a-capital-"T"-and-that-rhymes-with-"P" dept.
Taco Cowboy writes:
"Istanbul (dpa) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering banning YouTube and Facebook after local elections at the end of this month, according to remarks carried by local media Friday. It may, or may not be the criticisms arising from (not-yet verified) leaked recordings of Mr. Erdogan's involvement with corruption.
'We will not let YouTube and Facebook destroy our nation. We will take measures, including closure,' said Erdogan, who has previously made comments against social media sites. YouTube had been banned in the country for two years and was recently unblocked."
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(Score: 2) by umafuckitt on Saturday March 08 2014, @04:49PM
I can't imagine any significant number of actual Greeks ever forgiving Turkey for the Turkish belligerence.
And do you know why they won't? Because the Greek school history lessons about the 1821 revolution against Turkey are mostly nationalist propaganda. I know because I sat through them. Greek/Turkish relations would be more peaceful if the Greeks had a more balanced understanding of history after the fall of the Byzantine empire. I don't know what they're taught in Turkey, but I'd wager it's hardly balanced either.
Your description of the Ottoman empire as "failed" is silly. All empires eventually fall and so all, by that definition, are "failed." The Ottoman empire lasted about 700 years, which pretty good going. Bloodthirsty? Perhaps. But then show me one that wasn't. The previous occupants of that empire could be pretty bloodthirsty [wikipedia.org] too.