“In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.” WorldStatesNationsReligiousVisionCenturyExampleMinoritiesNationalism20th CenturyTurkeysTurkishMuslim WorldArmeniansKurds Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train.” CitiesFrontsNew YorkExampleBirdTraditionTrainNew York CityThanksgivingFrozenTurkeysNew YorkersSubwayThanksgiving Turkey Author:David Letterman
“unlike other countries, we're not skeptical at all when it comes to EU expansion. In fact, we are in favor of admitting Ukraine and Turkey. In this sense, one can hardly say that we are focusing unilaterally on our own national interests. Austria, for example, has held up the negotiations for Turkey's admission to the EU. Why am I against deeper involvement in the EU? There are several reasons for that.” CountryReasonFactsInterestExampleDeeperFavorsOther CountriesExpansionNegotiationTurkeysInvolvementSkepticalUkraineAdmittingAdmissionNational InterestsAustria Author:Lech Kaczynski
“And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this is very good. Because democracy is not possible in the Muslim world without bringing in the Islamists or part of the Islamists who hate us now into these governments.” IfsWorldLooksGovernmentHateDemocracyModernExampleFineVery GoodTurkeysIslamistsMuslim World Author:Yaroslav Trofimov