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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 14, 2009 12:40:23 GMT -5
Not as good as he pretends to be. Borisov (as well) has a dark past.. Besides, there are still too many "bad birds" in the parliament.. so what he do is talking. At the end - nada good for ppl. Btw, I don't wish to anybody in BG i.e. being unemployed, sick or retired. I see. He was a bodyguard, right? ;D
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 14, 2009 12:39:13 GMT -5
Such cars could be "the stuff" in nearest furure. The Japanese already export them to California and probably soon to Eu. Hello Rhezus, You are right. Japanese are quite good at alternative transportation technologies, but I suppose we are catching up.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 14, 2009 12:37:44 GMT -5
Now the Turks have something against genocide? Wow! I thought they were avid supporters of genocide around the world? Perhaps you must review your thoughts on Turks.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 14, 2009 12:37:00 GMT -5
Hellboy can not be a Turk, which means everyone can be a Turk, but not Hellboy. ;D
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 14, 2009 12:35:21 GMT -5
Guys....turks in turkey are not the turks from central asia. They are so diluted that by now, they resemble just like the balkan ppl. I would bet that the ones from the ionian coast are mostly muslim greeks. Turkish - means something like turks.. Turkics - are the real deal. The Uighurs are a perfect example turks are a mix from the ottoman days. Turks could be mixed, but I must stress that your assumption on the Turkic and Turkish people is quite Eurocentric.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 5:35:48 GMT -5
Turkish Students Create Hydrogen-Powered 1300-MPG Car By Adrian Covert Posted 07.07.2009 at 5:02 pm 0 Comments SAHIMO Hydrogen Car Inhabitat In preparation for the inaugural Global Green Challenge across the Australian outback, a team of Turkish students have assembled a hydrogen-powered vehicle that has an efficiency of 568 kilometers per liter (roughly 1,335 mpg). In order to get across the outback, they hope to only use three liters of fuel in the vehicle, dubbed the SAHÝMO. Sahimo and first Turkish built car, DevrimThe SAHÝMO weighs 110 kg--a carbon fiber frame keeps the weight down--and the scary thing is that these Sakarya University students want to up the efficiency to 1,000 km/L. But doing so won't be cheap, as the cost to build the SAHIMO is already at $170,000, and they're looking for sponsors to keep improving the car before the competition in October. The Global Green Challenge is organized by the same organization responsible for the World Solar Challenge, which has produced some of its own notable cars, including the University of Michigan's latest, the Infinium. www.popsci.com/cars/article/2009-07/turkish-students-create-hydrogen-powered-car-gets-1300-mpg
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 4:02:21 GMT -5
Turkey willing to compromise on Nabucco gas pipeline Posted : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:59:39 GMT Author : DPA Category : Energy (Environment) Energy Environment News | Home Istanbul- Turkey on Sunday has expressed a willingness to compromise in a row over delivery of natural gas in the Nabucco pipeline, a day before an accord for the multi-billion-euro European Union project is due to be signed in Ankara. Turkish media quoted Energy Minister Taner Yildiz as saying that Turkey will no longer insist upon receiving 15 per cent of the gas transferred through the pipeline. Turkey assumes it will receive annual income of up to 450 million euros (627 million dollars) by virtue of letting the pipeline cross its territory. The EU intends to use the pipeline to reduce its dependency on Russian gas. The countries involved in the Nabucco pipeline - Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey - are due to sign an agreement in Ankara on Monday. As of 2013, the Nabucco pipeline is to transport gas from Central Asia along the so-called Southern Corridor via Turkey to Austria. The EU is funding the 8-billion project with grants and loans. Brussels' main problem is who will ultimately pump the estimated 31 billion cubic metres of gas annually along the 3,300-kilometre pipeline. Gas-rich Turkmenistan has indicated an interest in the Nabucco gas pipeline. Geologists had determined that the Central Asian country has enough natural gas to become involved in the supply of gas to Europe, Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov told Parliament, according to a report by the RIA Novosti news agency on Saturday. The unprecedented gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine that put gas supplies to Europe in jeopardy earlier this year, gave impetus to the Nabucco project. www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/277141,turkey-willing-to-compromise-on-nabucco-gas-pipeline.html
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 3:57:34 GMT -5
Turkey Defines China Violence as GenocideWorld | July 11, 2009, Saturday Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has described ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang region as "a kind of genocide". He spoke after a night-time curfew was re-imposed in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, where Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese clashed last Sunday, the BBC reported. The death toll from the violence there has now risen from 156 to 184, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports. Photo by BGNES "There is no other way of commenting on this event... The event taking place in China is a kind of genocide... There are atrocities there, hundreds of people have been killed and 1 000 hurt. We have difficulty understanding how China's leadership can remain a spectator in the face of these events", PM Erdogan said. The death toll from the violence there has now risen from 156 to 184, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports. More than 1 000 people were injured. Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country, shares linguistic and religious links with the Uighurs in China's western-most region. The Turkish premier also urged Beijing to "address the question of human rights and do what is necessary to prosecute the guilty". Erdogan's comments came a day after Turkish Trade and Industry Minister, Nihat Ergun, urged Turks to boycott Chinese goods. Beijing has so far not publicly commented on Erdogan's criticism. www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=105659
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 3:52:27 GMT -5
For the moment this vistory is good. We don't need endless political bargains between several parties and possible new elections in September because of the inability of a new government to be formed. As for Kostov - yes, he was corrupted but he revived the economy. And if he is a person to go to jail, what about Videnov? Or the fvcking Koburg? Or Stanishev, Dogan? Is Kostov the worst politician Bulgaria had? Is Borisov any good?
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 1:52:27 GMT -5
For the Non-Muslims -Yes. Not the Muslims though. Turks were the peasants except the gov't jobs they held. The Christians & Jews had it good - they were businessman, craftsman, doctors, lawyers etc. Greeks, Armenians, and Jews were well off. I am not familiar with the other groups. Interesting. why were Muslims not involved in the above professions, were they not allowed to participate in free enterprise? Ottoman Empire was an Asiatic one. So, state administration, peasantry and land were the important milestones of empire's structure. In today's terms, GDP's composition of the empire was mainly based upon production of agricultural goods, and craftsmanship associated to agricultural activities and output. That is why, muslims were encouraged to conduct military services, peasantary, state administration, and academic/scientific research. By encouraging non-mulims to conduct business professions, Ottomans targeted to collect higher taxes applicable for non-Muslims.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 1:45:17 GMT -5
Quite Good, but beware of the season you visit. In my opinion, best time is after mid September.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 1:42:27 GMT -5
Also who says she is Cerkez? Probably Hellboy. ;D
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 3, 2009 3:43:48 GMT -5
Turkey Moves to Influence Bulgaria's Parliamentary Elections 2009 | July 1, 2009, Wednesday Turkey has approved an administrative measure in order to urge Bulgarian expats of Turkish origin to vote in Bulgaria's Parliamentary Elections. The DPS is expected to benefit from the latest administrative measures in Turkey encouraging Bulgarian Turks residing there to vote in the Bulgarian elections. Photo by BGNES The Turkish authorities have announced they would extend the expired documents of Bulgarian citizens living in Turkey illegally. Thus, Bulgarians of Turkish origin, who live in Turkey, could apply for one-year extensions by July 3, Friday, the Bulgarian National Radio announced. This means that all Bulgarian citizens residing in Turkey illegally would be able to either go back to Bulgaria and vote in the elections on July 5, or just vote in some of the 123 voting sections in Turkey without fearing that they would be fined, arrested, or extradited. The Chair of the largest organization of Bulgarian expats in Turkey, Emin Balkan, has held a special press conference to urge all Bulgarian citizens in Turkey or all persons with dual citizenship to vote in Bulgaria's Parliamentary Elections on June 5. Balkan even warned all those who would travel back to Bulgaria to cast their votes to go back to their home places at least 48 hours before the elections in order to avoid tension at the border on the Election Day. The Turkish authorities have made it clear that no one whose documents for staying in Turkey have expired would be fined, and that all those who go to Bulgaria in order to vote would then be allowed to come back. According to unofficial data, at least 100 000 with dual Bulgarian and Turkish citizenship live in Turkey, and at least half of them vote in each Bulgarian elections. The large number of Bulgarian expats in Turkey resulted from the campaign of the communist regime in the 1980s to assimilate the Bulgarian Turks and Muslims by renaming them, which led many of them to emigrate. The fact that the Turkish authorities are encouraging Bulgarian citizens residing in Turkey to vote in the Bulgarian elections is construed in Bulgaria as an attempt to enhance the election results of the ethnic Turkish party in Bulgaria, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS). This situation has become a big issue in Bulgaria's politics and society to the extent of fueling far-right and extremist sentiments. The lower the voter turnout in Bulgaria, the greater the weight of the votes that come from Turkey, which go for the DPS almost 100%. www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=105253
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 30, 2009 11:41:50 GMT -5
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to modernise Pakistani F-16s 13:30 GMT, June 30, 2009 In addition to modernization of Turkish and Jordanian F-16s, TAI will modernize the F-16s that are in the inventory of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and thus become an important, reliable and preferential center of F-16 modernization. Ankara, June 29, 2009 –Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), which is Turkey’s center of aerospace, has acquired an international success by signing a contract regarding the modernization of PAF F-16s. Under the program, the financial dimension of which is around 75 million US Dollars, a total of 42 F-16s will be upgraded at TAI’s facilities in 46 months starting from October 2010. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), regarding the start of proposal process of PAF F-16 Modernization Program, was signed between TAI and PAF during IDEAS Defense Exhibition in September 2006 in Karachi, Pakistan. Being invited to the international bid for PAF F-16 Modernization Program, TAI, among other European competitors, was announced as the main contractor of the program following the final evaluation of Pakistan authorities in July 2008. Following the negotiations, which started in 2009 between TAI and Pakistan authorities, and the mutual agreement, the contract was signed between TAI and Pakistan Ministry of Defense Production on June 29, 2009 at a ceremony held in Rawalpindi-Pakistan. In 2006, as a result of another bidding process, TAI, which had signed an agreement with the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) for the modernization of RJAF F-16s, has successfully completed the program with the delivery of the last aircraft in April 2009. Being among the best companies in the world in the field of F-16 modernization, there is no doubt that TAI will successfully realize PAF F-16 Modernization Program. In recent years, filled with intense competition in the field of defense and aerospace, TAI, which has not only been on the move with its successful programs and effective management, but also become well known in export programs, will continue rising with new programs. www.defpro.com/news/details/8376/
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 26, 2009 9:11:50 GMT -5
Turkey Is Getting Ready To Harvest Its Renewable EnergyPotential Published on June 25th, 2009 by levent Posted in Infrastructure, Solar, Turkey, Wind Tags: Feed In Tariff GeoThermal Renewable Energy Solar Turkey Wind When we talk about wind, solar and geothermal power, geographical conditions such as surface areas and sunny latitudes are very important. Turkey offers excellent conditions for all of these renewable energy sources. Its young population of 70 million - 61% are under the age of 35 - and its strategic location between Europe and the Middle East, add to Turkey's potential for a leading green power nation. As Turkey aims at taking its place among the top-ten biggest economies by 2050, an increase in its energy consumption is inevitable. Electricity demand has been growing with an annual rate of 6.5% since 2002, up to current levels of 198,000 GWh/y. Scenarios forecast a 6% growth rate until 2020, compared to growth rates of 1-3% in developed countries. However, Turkey's growth of electricity supply barely matches its fast growth of demand. The country began experiencing shortages already, and power has become a more popular daily topic. Total installed capacity is at 42,000 MW, with foreign natural gas (48%), coal (29%) and hydro power (17%) providing the biggest shares of resources. So far, the share of renewable energy is close to 1% of the total installed capacity. In 2006, the government passed a set of incentives to stimulate the renewable energy sector. The efforts successfully resulted in substantial increases in the wind power capacity to 433 MW in 2009 from 50 MW levels in 2006. From 2007 to 2008, the capacity almost quadrupled. Currently, there is additional 450 MW construction to be completed by the end of 2009. Roof-top solar panels, which are commonly used for water heating in the Mediterranean region, produce energy equivalent to almost 4800 GWh/y, however installed photovoltaic capacity is only 2 MW. Turkey is the 5th in the World in operating geothermal energy applications with equivalence of 1380 MW capacity used in direct district heating and tourism industry. Geothermal power production capacity is currently 30 MW. So far, only modest steps have been taken since the government has not set clear targets or competitive incentives on new technologies yet. According to studies, Turkey has around 48,000 MW of wind power potential with speeds higher than 7 m/s. The geothermal energy potential of the country is around 31,500 MW -one of the highest in Europe- which could be used for both heating and electricity production purposes. As Turkey is the second sunniest country in Europe after Spain, it can draw 380,000 GWh/y of solar energy - almost double the total electricity consumption of the country in 2008. Turkey has signed the UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol this year, and the country is going to be assigned a reduction of greenhouse gases for the post-2012-phase, which will eventually turn into clearer targets in its renewable energy sector. It is expected that the Parliamentary General Assembly will pass an amendment to "Renewable Energy Resources Law 4628" in July, effectively setting a purchase price, or feed-in-tariff, for renewable energy. While the renewable energy can be sold to the public at rates shown in Graph-1, the prices are still not competitive enough to make solar favorable against natural gas. The tariffs for photovoltaics are set at EUR 0.25/kWh only for the first 10 years of operation, and then decrease to EUR 0.20 for the next 10 years. While rates in other European countries are much more attractive (see Graph-2), particularly in countries like Greece and Italy trying to catch up to their western neighbors, it is the first serious step towards setting a long-term purchase price incentive for renewable energy producers. The mechanism is expected to increase developments in the Turkish renewable energy sector, and investors are already beginning to position themselves in the market. There are still many unclear issues regarding regulations and their execution. While this problem is not unique to Turkey, the country's transmission grid needs extensive upgrades. Despite this and other much needed developments, EU directives, feed-in-tariffs, Kyoto mechanism obligations, and technological developments in the solar and wind industries are pushing the country onto the right track. Setting up and achieving goals may need more time than planned, but it is clear that Turkey is becoming more aware of its natural conditions. blog.cleantechies.com/2009/06/25/turkey-harvest-renewable-energy-potential/
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 26, 2009 9:01:55 GMT -5
Dear friends,
It is important to discuss every topic in a civilized manner.
Overall, I thank you for your participation and input, but bear in mind that the Armenian-Turkish conflict (and other historical issues associated with it, such as presecution of Muslims/Turks of Cuacasus, Crimea and Balkan) is quite centre of academic debate that does not seem to be concluded in the foreseeable future.
So, please avoid insulting one and another for having different views.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 23, 2009 0:40:37 GMT -5
Turkey stages Cyprus drills amid oil disputeBy SELCAN HACAOGLU, The Associated Press 5:18 a.m. June 17, 2009 APABOARD THE TCG GEMLIK, — Turkish and Turkish Cypriot warships staged search and rescue drills off the island of Cyprus on Wednesday amid tensions over a disputed search for oil and gas. Turkish and Turkish Cypriot rescuers land on a 'crashed' passenger plane as forces stage a joint mock search-and-rescue exercise near Kyrenia in Cyprus, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 amid a dispute with Greek Cypriots over oil and gas exploration off the island. Turkish Cypriot forces chief Maj. Gen. Abdullah Recep says the three-day drill on the ethnically-split island is not a show of force. Recep, however, said that Cyprus' search for mineral deposits off its south coast ignores the rights of breakaway Turkish Cypriots. (AP Photo/Selcan Hacaoglu) The frigate Gemlik and other vessels took part in the maneuvers off the northern town of Famagusta, which included extinguishing fire on a ship, rescuing illegal migrants from a sinking rubber boat and rescuing the crew of a sea plane in distress. Turkish Cypriot military officials denied the maneuvers were a show of force, but it comes amid a rekindled dispute with Greek Cypriots over who is entitled to the island's potential offshore oil and gas wealth. Cyprus was divided in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by supporters of union with Greece. The island has an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north where Turkey maintains 35,000 troops. Turkey does not recognize European Union-member Cyprus as a sovereign country and strongly objects to a Greek Cypriot search for mineral deposits inside the island's exclusive economic zone. That area covers 51,000 square kilometers (17,000 sq. miles) of seabed off the island's southern coast. Turkey has warned Cyprus against pursuing "adventurist policies" and says Turkish Cypriots should also have a say in how the island's oil-and-gas rights are used. Cyprus government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said Tuesday the search for fossil fuels inside the island's zone remains its sovereign right and it's protesting the military drills at the U.N. and EU. But Stefanou said both communities could share in the possible bounty if ongoing reunification talks prove successful. Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat restarted stalled peace talks last September, but have yet to reach a breakthrough in the slow-moving process. "This is an additional motivating factor ... to continue negotiations so that we can reach a just, viable and functional settlement, to reunify our homeland," Stefanou said. The involvement of a U.S. energy firm Noble Energy, which is set to launch seismic work inside Cyprus' zone later this year, could further complicate matters for Turkey, a U.S. ally. Cyprus has licensed Noble to search for fossil fuels near two significant gas discoveries in its Israeli offshore blocks. U.S. authorities are siding with the Cypriot government, saying "the involvement of U.S. firms in such investment is a business decision, not a political one." Cyprus has also signed agreements with Lebanon and Egypt to mark out undersea borders to facilitate future oil and gas exploration, prompting Turkey to urge those two countries to scrap the deals. Turkey's stakes in the dispute are higher as Cyprus has threatened to further impede Turkey's EU accession negotiations because Turkish warships had interfered with an offshore fossil fuel survey last year. Turkey's EU membership bid is already hobbled with eight of 35 negotiation chapters frozen over its refusal to open its air and sea ports to Cyprus. "Turkey's policy of solving the problem through use of force has not brought any good to its advantage in the international arena," said Prof. Yuksel Inan at International Relations Department of Bilkent University based in Ankara. "Instead, Turkey should seriously think about taking the issue to the Security Council as a temporary member now." www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/17/eu-cyprus-turkey-oil-dispute-061709/?world
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 23, 2009 0:37:37 GMT -5
Half of Bulgaria's 2009 Voting Stations Abroad Will Be in Turkey Elections 2009 | June 17, 2009, WednesdayAlmost 50% of Bulgaria's voting stations abroad for the 2009 Parliamentary Elections will be located in Turkey. This was announced Wednesday by Biser Troyanov, the Spokesperson of Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC). Photo dated May 2007 showing buses with Bulgarian citizens living in Turkey, returning in order to vote. The issue is known as "electoral tourism". Photo by BGNES Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has proposed to the CEC that a total of 252 voting stations be opened in 62 countries around the world. 123 of those will be located in Turkey. Bulgaria has a sizable minority in Turkey composed mostly of Bulgarian citizens of Turkish origin who emigrated during the assimilation campaign known as the "Revival Process", which was carried out in the late 1980s by the regime of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Ever since then, the influence on the Turkey vote on Bulgarian politics (including by persons residing in Turkey and returning with special buses only in order to vote in Bulgaria) has been a matter of controversy. Under the Bulgarian legislation, Bulgaria could have polling stations abroad in every city with a Bulgarian embassy or consulate. A polling station could be opened in a city without a consulate at the request of at least 100 Bulgarian citizens residing there, or at the special request of the Bulgarian Ambassador in the respective country. www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=104774
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 19, 2009 1:08:23 GMT -5
If we look t all the major Christian groups in Ottoman Turkey at that time it seems they all suffered very similiar fate, it appears to be the result of a religious persecution perhaps punishing Christians in Turkey as a protest aginst external Christians that were at war with Turkey. If one looks at the number of victims and the context of the religious persecutions occurred in Crimea, Balkans and Caucasus between 1780s-1910s, then one could say that the millions of Muslims and Jews suffered tremendously whilst millions of them had to flee into the shrunken territories of the Ottoman Empire. Of course, such massive wave of migration placed impact on how people see the Christian communities, particularly after Ottomans witnessed masses of their fellow Christian citizens started to join the invading Christian/European armies and began killing tens of thousands of innocent peoples.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jun 15, 2009 6:20:14 GMT -5
If he said sth like that...he is a retardo. I cant believe such people become swedish ministers. Ironically, Sweden will be running the presidency of the EU after the Czech Republic. ;D
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