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Submitted by ates gurbuz (Turkey), Nov 13, 2012 at 12:14

they will hang themselves, before they can get off the streetcar.! Reversing Kemalism is not that easy in Turkey.

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facts not prejudices [321 words]MozereNov 29, 2012 12:35200842
2Basically you deny [990 words]AlexandrosNov 30, 2012 05:50200842
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2Turkish warlords as bourgeois or bureaucrats ? [998 words]IanusDec 22, 2012 17:12200646
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MozereNov 14, 2012 10:40200579
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2does anyone else see the "proto-dictatorial mentality" parallel? [77 words]MarkNov 13, 2012 16:48200528
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1The other way around ... [53 words]Mihai-Robert SoranNov 13, 2012 12:32200516
5Give'em enough rope..... [19 words]ates gurbuzNov 13, 2012 12:14200515
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5"Kemalism that philosophy of an immoral warlord and drunkard is a decaying corpse that is poisoning all of our life" [245 words]IanusNov 15, 2012 12:21200515

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