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Turkey’s adolescence is full of trials indeed. Hopefully one day we’ll be able to look back at this and call it life experience.
by rolleiflex 5y ago
Turkey’s adolescence is full of trials indeed. Hopefully one day we’ll be able to look back at this and call it life experience.
- AYBABTME 5y agoInteresting to call "adolescent" such an old civilization. I wonder how frequently a given plot of land and people goes through a full human-like life. How often are regions reinventing themselves, over history?
- rolleiflex 5y agoI would consider the Turkish Republic a newborn at 1923, not a continuation of the Ottoman Empire from 1299, mostly because it was a switch in cultural codes and a reset in wealth. OE bequeathed very little wealth to TR, so this is the first time Turkey is coming to any significant wealth and influence in the world. The last time the government of Asia Minor had any real wealth and influence was early 19th century, and since that timespan is longer than a human life, the country ‘forgot’ to conduct itself gracefully. Now, Turkey is trying to learn on the fly how not to be a bull in a china shop.