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You're welcome, Richard; hope

artappraiser — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:18:15 +0000

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You're welcome, Richard; hope to see the meme pop up in one of your blogs some day in the future. I thought it a neglected story, too, that's why I grabbed the article to post when I saw it in print.

This is really interesting to

Richard Day — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:04:44 +0000

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This is really interesting to me for a number of reasons.

Turkey is such an important nation in this era.

A secular-Muslim nation.

Where else do we find this kind of entity.

We were smart (sometimes the US of A is smart) in bringing the Turks into NATO.

There are problems with Syria of course and even though I want no more wars; we have a duty to this country and so does NATO.

At any rate, we NEVER hear cultural issues about Turkey. We hear about India and Bollywood and we hear about China with its severe censors; but I never take the time to review Turkey except when 'digs' of the century occur of course since this nation was important to Abraham and probably had more to do with the origin of Western Civilization than any other single place on the planet.

Oh I am droning on and on again, sorry.

Of course I love this period in world history anyway so thank you for the link.

Here's a related review from

artappraiser — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:40:15 +0000

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Here's a related review from early this year:

The Dirt, and the Soap, on the Ottoman Empire

A lavish prime time soap opera about the 16th-century sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife is admired and reviled in Turkey.

March 17, 2011 - By SUSANNE FOWLER

dagblog - Comments for "As if the Ottoman Period Never Ended"

You're welcome, Richard; hope

This is really interesting to

Here's a related review from

The Dirt, and the Soap, on the Ottoman Empire