Why are Turks so Awesome?

Turks? Pffffft...

1. are fearlessly loyal to family and friends
   
   

Not necessarily good. fearless loyalty is usually blind loyalty which usually end bady.

Yasi,
remember this on ANZAC day 25 April.. to the fallen at Gallipoli, a failed campaign during World War I where Churchill sent many young men to a pointless and unnecessary slaughter..

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives,
You are now living in the soil of a friendly country.
There is no difference between the Johnnies
and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side
Here in this country of ours
You, the Mothers
Who sent their sons from far away countries
wipe away your tears
Your sons are now lying in our bosom
and are in peace
after having lost their lives on this land they have
become our sons as well"

• ataturk 1934
  

this is my grandads grandad [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt[/ame]

I think the Armenians would beg to differ..

Moldavians, Albanians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Persians. It's tough running empires.

this is my grandads grandad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt

says mehmet ali pasa and ^ is same person will ask mum when she gets home as might have wrong person, :/

Because they're always willing to have a game of Backgammon, never had a Turk refuse me.

despite living in the UK for 44 years now.. my mum still remembers all the Fenerbahce football songs : )

my mums a feberbahce fan hi5

Moldavians, Albanians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Persians. It's tough running empires.

are we talking modern Turkey or Ottoman Empire there is a difference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism_in_Turkey

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus[/ame]

1. produce the best food in the world
   
   
   

Kebabs are alright, but really?

despite living in the UK for 44 years now.. my mum still remembers all the Fenerbahce football songs : )

my mums a feberbahce fan hi5

Guess who?

are we talking modern Turkey or Ottoman Empire there is a difference

Ottoman Empire still existed under 100 years ago when they ethnically cleansed 1.5 million Armenians. Receives surprisingly little media attention, despite the fact that it more-or-less wiped out a whole nation

That's the thing with ethnic cleansing. If you manage to do it there's no-one left to speak out about it.

are we talking modern Turkey or Ottoman Empire there is a difference

Yep, genocide is definitely a modern thing then.
Ottomans were 'orrible, though. Seljuks even worse. From the outsider's perspective of course.

The good thing is, we used to share a border and loads of the nice things came to my country via Turkey - spices, nuts, raisins, sweets, fancy fabrics.

i remember the invasion of northern cyprus as a child, watching tanks landing on the beaches.
another history lesson
british rule until 1915
republic of cyprus form where turkey relinquished any claim
prior to invasion, 11 years of violence between greek and turkish communities
evacution of foreigh nationals under heavy artillery including many Brits
UN peacekeeping force still in place on a divided country

Guess who?

ha ha! hi 5

Yasi,
remember this on ANZAC day 25 April.. to the fallen at Gallipoli, a failed campaign during World War I where Churchill sent many young men to a pointless and unnecessary slaughter..

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives,
You are now living in the soil of a friendly country.
There is no difference between the Johnnies
and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side
Here in this country of ours
You, the Mothers
Who sent their sons from far away countries
wipe away your tears
Your sons are now lying in our bosom
and are in peace
after having lost their lives on this land they have
become our sons as well"

• ataturk 1934
  
  

I was just going to post that. Tears me up, that does. Beautiful, heartfelt and humble sentiment put so well. Ataturk was one of the greatest leaders of men.

Not as awesome as Australia obviously :) but a nice country.

#wouldrevisit

one of the many reasons to love aussies and kiwis ^