|
Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
FGT
Joined: 14 Sep 2003
Posts: 762
Location: Turkey
|
 Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: Marx or Marks (& Spencer)? |
 |
|
| Quote: |
| Ilhan Dogus, a member of the Young Civilians, an association of young people who oppose the military�s role in politics, said mischievously that educated women in head scarves were more likely than their less religious counterparts to know that Marx refers to a German philosopher, not the British department store, Marks and Spencer. |
I loved this comment from The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/world/europe/20turkey.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Any reaction to the results? I'm content to give the AKP another term and see how things develop. Pity about the growth of MHP.
Will there now be a referendum to grant a popular vote of the president or is that an impasse?
PS Had a most enjoyable election day when Ayvalik returned to normal with all the rich Istanbulus and Izmirlis going home to vote. My favourite cafe/bar proprietors even got a day off.
Can we do this more often? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
yaramaz
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
Posts: 2384
Location: Not where I was before
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
comrade in arms
Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 61
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:53 am Post subject: Marriage certificates now required! |
|
|
Last week, I took a week off and decided to spend a few days on the Aegean coast of Turkey with a friend of mine. We didn't have reservations so we wanted to stay at one of the hotels that looked reasonable. The proprietor of the hotel wanted to see our marriage certificate! I told him that we didn't have one, because we weren't married. He said that it was a requirement by the AKP controlled belediye (the local council).
As you may have heard that Prime Minister Erdogan is trying to make adultery a crime. If that happened, what kind of punishment would we get (she's married to someone else, you see)? Stoning to death like in Saudi Arabia? And the US of America is a strong supporter of the Saudi Arabia. This is what they want here, don't they? Moderate Islam and all that bulls.hit. My a.rse! No, they aren't going to get that. They haven't done their homework properly.
Democracy is a joke!
In 2003, before it started, millions of people demonstrated in London and in other cities against the Iraq war. All the decent people in Britain I came across at that time opposed to this horrible crime against the humanity but to no avail. The deal had already been done between Bush and his puppy British Prime Minister. No matter what millions of people wanted, no matter how many hundreds of thousands of people would have died, it had to be carried out. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
comrade in arms
Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 61
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Marx or Marks (& Spencer)? |
|
|
| Quote: |
| Ilhan Dogus, a member of the Young Civilians, an association of young people who oppose the military�s role in politics, said mischievously that educated women in head scarves were more likely than their less religious counterparts to know that Marx refers to a German philosopher, not the British department store, Marks and Spencer. |
Has this geezer got any connection with Dogus University, Doga Koleji, English Time or Fetullah Gulen by any chance? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
misterkodak
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
Posts: 166
Location: Neither Here Nor There
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: Marx or Marks (& Spencer)? |
|
|
| comrade in arms wrote: |
| Quote: |
| Ilhan Dogus, a member of the Young Civilians, an association of young people who oppose the military�s role in politics, said mischievously that educated women in head scarves were more likely than their less religious counterparts to know that Marx refers to a German philosopher, not the British department store, Marks and Spencer. |
Has this geezer got any connection with Dogus University, Doga Koleji, English Time or Fetullah Gulen by any chance? |
That's an interesting thought. Do you think this guy's wife is a "parrothead" (no offense to jimmy buffet) or a black moving object? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
