January 27, 2012

Ergenekon’s mass graves, Kurdish skeletons

İhsan Yılmaz

It is not so easy to comprehend the intertwined and sophisticated socio-political phenomena in Turkey from an armchair or “pub table” by just talking to a few white Turks while enjoying a drink. In terms of their lifestyles, it is true that these white Turks are the most Westernized in Turkish society. Yet, if you scratch the surface and understand Western civilization as something that stems from the ideas of the Enlightenment, rationality, empathy, respect for human rights and multiculturalism, you are speaking to the wrong guys.