Books, Which We Mistake For Consolation, Only

When Something Explosive Is Kept Hidden Away, A Tension Builds Within That Must Ultimately Be Released.

Turkey, With Its Political Intolerance, As I Have Described It, Is Prepared To March Forward, To Break With Its Taboo About The Armenians, And Is Making Great Strides With Respect To Human Rights And Freedom Of Speech So That It Can Join The European Union. This Alone Shows How Powerful The European Idea Is.

I Really Don't Want To Portray The Islamists As Simply Evil, The Way It's Often Done In The West.

It's A Great Relief For Me That No One Will Ask Me Anymore: "orhan, When Will You Get The Nobel Prize?"

The Bloody Years Of War And All The Atrocities In European History Have Taught The Europeans That Secular Politics Free Of Religious Hatred Is Mainly A Question Of Peace. This Concept Is Not Anchored In The Same Way In The Consciousness Of Turks, Which Has To Do With The Fact That The Secular Was Forced Upon Us By The Army.