Turkish female Olympic skater...

[Kharpert]

Hahahaha!!!

Hovik wins the thread.

p.s.
The Japanese girl certainly had a flawless perfomance, though it was a tad conservative. I think she deserves the gold.

[imported_wohlkahn]

1.5 million.
No hard feelings, but can you just tell me why you are interested in a Turkish skater?Even some Turks in Turkey don't know this so how do you? I don't think that this a good way to earn some Turkish symphaty. Sorry I don't buy it..

[Kharpert]

Even some Turks in Turkey don't know this

Yeah, well, that's because not every Turk is interested in figure skating.

[AzatHayrenik]

Did you watch the Georgian girl? She used Ara Gevorgian's "Artsakh" song for her performance.

[imported_RUDO]

Yeah, well, that's because not every Turk is interested in figure skating.

Like me. I am not interested in figure skating.

[1.5 million]

Did you watch the Georgian girl? She used Ara Gevorgian's "Artsakh" song for her performance.

Wow - I didn't realize this - makes it all the greater...

As for the Turkish skater - I've maintained all along that i have no animosity towards individual Turks and in fact - due to our similarities (...including the fact that one who might call themselves "Turks" could very well be at least part Armenian) I find myself sympathetic to many individual Turks and in some cases even Turkish teams (for instance I was happy to see the Turks do well in the World Cup a few years back and also for Turkish teams to do well in European competition). I don't see anything wrong with that. I have plenty of Turksh friends and I enjoy talking with them about their interests in Turkish athletes and sports in general. And I thought the Turkish skater did great and had a great story - so why not route for her to de well - she is a person like any other - i see her as an individual - and a person much as my self - with Anatolian roots - she made me proud. Likewise I enjoyed and pulled for the Georgian skater to do well and would have been really pleased to see an Armenian skater or more Armenian atheletes in the games and would have tended to root for them even more (unless i felt that they were not worthy for whatever reason - again an individual judegement).

[Gavur]

LAPD Investigates Bomb Threat At Palladium

(CBS) LOS ANGELES Los Angeles police investigated a bomb threat at the Hollywood Palladium Friday night, where Turkish singer Sibel Can Concet was scheduled to perform.

Officers from the LAPD’s Hollywood Division say that the bomb came from an Armenian caller who said if the singer performed, they would blow the building up.

There is a cultural history of conflict between Armenians and Turks over the Armenian Genocide, in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1923.

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