A demonstrator throws stones as another holds a Turkish national flag after climbing a wall with a Palestinian flag at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara on July 18, 2014 AFP / Adem Altan
A demonstrator throws stones as another holds a Turkish national flag after climbing a wall with a Palestinian flag at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara on July 18, 2014 AFP / Adem Altan
Ataturk almost was successful transforming a Muslim country into a modern state. Almost but not quite. Sadly Turkey is reverting to backwardness. Too bad the Turks when they had their chance decided to embrace the quasi socialism of the Europeans. If they had embraced productive capitalism, they would have had far fewer impoverished, poorly educated people who were so susceptible to Islamic fundamentalism.
Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index?tab=articles
It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.
