tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post1168971185754032345..comments2023-10-08T11:45:17.325+03:00Comments on James in Turkey: What do journalists know, anyway?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-81389453753522179872007-06-21T17:37:00.000+03:002007-06-21T17:37:00.000+03:00oh Emre,You can exactly check out for whom I am wr...oh Emre,<BR/>You can exactly check out for whom I am writing. I dont publish the translated ones (into Turkish) on my blog.<BR/>And my editors are all Turkish...they were astonished.<BR/>Anyway,...hope that one day you will learn th nuances of critics, feedback, irony, satire and InsultingInternation Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693858277179002967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-22545553855620970142007-06-20T03:10:00.000+03:002007-06-20T03:10:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Internation Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693858277179002967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-33647349885383513462007-06-19T23:40:00.000+03:002007-06-19T23:40:00.000+03:00Great post, I definitely agree with most of your t...Great post, I definitely agree with most of your thoughts, but I have doubts about some of them.<BR/><BR/>For instance, Nokta issue... Nokta has published these diaries, couldn't show any proof and rejected to announce the source of the news. The claim was totally baseless.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, its closure was probably something that Turkish military will never want (especially in this period). Its closure is ordered by its owner (who was afraid of public reactions). Its editor-in-chief implied his boss, not the military, while talking about "pressures."<BR/><BR/>BTW Hans, if you were insulting people just like you insulted me on my blog, it is normal not to publish them. Such a censorship is applied not only in Turkey, but any other civilized country, too. I didn't delete your comment, just to make you ashamed someday.Emre Kızılkayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788183639695065004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-46433659834595674422007-06-19T14:01:00.000+03:002007-06-19T14:01:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Internation Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693858277179002967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-16588831622428634612007-06-18T01:26:00.000+03:002007-06-18T01:26:00.000+03:00Would be very interested to hear your experiences,...Would be very interested to hear your experiences, Hans. What kind of censorship?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380496594973357541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-10606520096153178142007-06-16T13:20:00.000+03:002007-06-16T13:20:00.000+03:00Great blog, excellent postings James. I can not ag...Great blog, excellent postings James. I can not agree more on what you write down here.<BR/>Regarding censor ship, just experienced it twice.<BR/>Kind regards from a Dutch in IstanbulInternation Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693858277179002967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-63638900116237635992007-06-15T15:36:00.000+03:002007-06-15T15:36:00.000+03:00Wonderful quotations. They do apply to the situati...Wonderful quotations. They do apply to the situation in Turkey - what happens from now depends on what the people decide on July 22nd.<BR/><BR/>Bated breath all round, I think.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380496594973357541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-77551418759940729412007-06-14T15:24:00.000+03:002007-06-14T15:24:00.000+03:00What a lovely quote! And how appropriate.FDR was a...What a lovely quote! And how appropriate.<BR/><BR/>FDR was actually talking about fear of the consequences of taking strong, decisive action against the dangers facing America..the depression. The next sentences were:<BR/><BR/>"In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days."<BR/><BR/>I am waiting with bated breath to see if "the people" here in Turkey will give support to "a leadership of frankness and vigor " in the upcoming election, and, moreover, whether that leadership will have sufficient frankness and vigor over the next few weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32451629.post-45552105301648106302007-06-12T08:13:00.000+03:002007-06-12T08:13:00.000+03:00Have you read F. Zakaria's recent piece in Newswee...Have you read F. Zakaria's recent piece in Newsweek: "After Bush"?<BR/><BR/>He says America first needs to recover its self confidence. He says "We have become a nation consumed by fear... besiged and overwhelmed". He talks about the hysteria, paranoia and anger, the athmosphere of fear and panic, fearmongering politicians, etc etc.<BR/><BR/>The same story in Turkey - plus the fear of secession, sheria law, etc.<BR/><BR/>When I first read F. Roosevelt many years ago, I didn't understand what he was referring to. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror." I didn't understand at that time what he was referring to.<BR/><BR/>Now I understand the meaning of his words.tugrulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122861688168339660noreply@blogger.com