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Yesterday, a Zaman Newspaper columnist Abdulhamit Bilici wrote a great article about the society's current 'view' on minorities.
Zaman is known for its religious roots; however that newspaper is a hardcore and leading media supporter of freedom of speech and supporting the solutions for minority, Kudish problems. Also, working hard against the terrorist Gladio-style organization Ergenekon. It is also the top-seller newspaper of Turkey.
For example, Etyen Mahcupyan, a well-known Armenian columnist also wrote at Zaman for several years until the assasination of Dink. Then Mahcupyan left Zaman for his new editorial job at Agos Newspaper, taking Dink's place.
Back to topic, Bilici's article was about "who we were and who were are now". He says Turkey turned into a %99 Muslim majority nation and Anatolia has never became a land with that much ethnic unity.
I read many newspapers, including some Turkish ones; and what I see is; Zaman columnists who wrote about minorities issue recently; have the same point of view: Turkey were a better nation, a better country with them.
Non-religious nationalists say "One nation, one country" (Notice: Its also a motto for Armenia too..). What I could see is that religious Turks are so moderate while non-religious ones turns into either socialists or ultra-nationalists.
Here is a quatation from the article:
As a summary it says %90 of Turkish population (Including Kurds, Boshniaks etc) has never communicated with a J'ew, Armenian or a Greek. %42 of the population does not want a J'ewish neighbor, while %35 doesnt want a Christian neighbor.
%19 thinks non-Muslims do not do military service (?) (Ive no idea what that means)
Results says theres no anti-semitism in the society (I could agree with that too) however most of the people are not cool to see non-believers working at judge, police, army, goverment etc services.
It needs a better translatin anways by a better Turkish and English speaker. Heres the link:
Zaman is known for its religious roots; however that newspaper is a hardcore and leading media supporter of freedom of speech and supporting the solutions for minority, Kudish problems. Also, working hard against the terrorist Gladio-style organization Ergenekon. It is also the top-seller newspaper of Turkey.
For example, Etyen Mahcupyan, a well-known Armenian columnist also wrote at Zaman for several years until the assasination of Dink. Then Mahcupyan left Zaman for his new editorial job at Agos Newspaper, taking Dink's place.
Back to topic, Bilici's article was about "who we were and who were are now". He says Turkey turned into a %99 Muslim majority nation and Anatolia has never became a land with that much ethnic unity.
I read many newspapers, including some Turkish ones; and what I see is; Zaman columnists who wrote about minorities issue recently; have the same point of view: Turkey were a better nation, a better country with them.
Non-religious nationalists say "One nation, one country" (Notice: Its also a motto for Armenia too..). What I could see is that religious Turks are so moderate while non-religious ones turns into either socialists or ultra-nationalists.
Here is a quatation from the article:
Araştırmaya göre, toplumun yüzde 90'ı hayatında bir Yahudi, Ermeni veya Rum'la temas kurmamış. Toplumun yüzde 42'si Yahudi, yüzde 35'i Hıristiyan komşu istemiyor. Araştırmacılar, hoşgörüyü ölçmek için kullanılan bu sorudaki oranların, dünya ortalamasının çok üstünde olduğunu hatırlatıyor. Toplumun yüzde 19'u gayrimüslimlerin askerlik yapmadığını düşünüyor. Türkiye'de ne kadar Rum, Yahudi veya Ermeni olduğunu doğru bilen kimse yok. Bulgular, toplumda anti-semitizm olmadığını gösteriyor, ama ankete katılanların yarıdan çoğu, gayrimüslimlerin yargı, emniyet, ordu, belediye, hatta sağlık hizmetlerinde bile yer almasından rahatsız.
%19 thinks non-Muslims do not do military service (?) (Ive no idea what that means)
Results says theres no anti-semitism in the society (I could agree with that too) however most of the people are not cool to see non-believers working at judge, police, army, goverment etc services.
It needs a better translatin anways by a better Turkish and English speaker. Heres the link:
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