TZ: Citizens Left Wondering What To Call Themselves After General's Remark
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posted by eagle on April, 2009 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Citizens left wondering what to call themselves after general's remark
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For the average citizen in Turkey, last week's identity and feeling of belonging debate, stirred up by a speech delivered by Gen. İlker Başbuğ, the chief of general staff, did not matter much, but academics and pundits rushed to offer their take on what the general meant and what the possible implications for the future of democracy in Turkey are. |
Tuncay Akçay, 41, a switch phone operator and receptionist from Kırıkkale, a city near Ankara, says he is proud to be a citizen of Turkey, but says he cherishes his ethnic roots, which go back to the Black Sea region on his father's side and to the Caucasus on his mother's. "I would very much like to keep my family heritage alive and intact," he said, adding half-jokingly that he married a lady from Artvin to continue enjoying spicy food at home. Hakan Hiçyılmaz, 37, was born and raised in Ankara. He ... |
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Prague Watchdog: Putin Is Not The Master Of His Country (Interview With Leonty Byzov)
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Putin is not the master of his country (interview with Leonty Byzov)
Leonty Byzov, head of the analytical section of Russia’s state polling agency VTsIOM.
Prague Watchdog: I wonder if you’d care to comment on the political nature of the current regime in Russia? Some describe it as Bonapartist, and maintain that that all the threads of government are concentrated in the hands of one man or a narrow circle of men who stand at the top of the pyramid. In this connection, do you consider it appropriate to make a comparison between the Kremlin system and the regime in Chechnya? Some observers say that the two work in close co-operation, and that the free play between the metropolis and the periphery allows Ramzan Kadyrov to adopt the same model of government and build an unadorned dictatorship, while Putin is compelled to observe certain decencies. Leonty Byzov: I’d like to emphasize the fundamental differences between the Chechen model and the federal Russian one, though ... |
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North Caucasus Weekly: The Mysterious Assassination Of Sulim Yamadaev
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The Mysterious Assassination of Sulim YamadaevPublication: North Caucasus Weekly April 17, 2009 06:32 PM
Sulim Yamadaev On the evening of March 28, the Chechen community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—which is approximately 2,000-3,000 strong—was abuzz with the news of the assassination attempt on Sulim Yamadaev (http://chechen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41&page=63). Closer to midnight, the mass media, citing the Reuters news agency, began to talk about the assassination of a Chechen named Madov Suleiman in Dubai, the capital of UAE (http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2009/03/28/n_1346238.shtml). The seriousness of the incident was underscored by the fact that the crime scene was visited by the chief of the Dubai police, General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, and the director of the State Security Service, General Khamis Mattar Al Mazienah.
By the morning of March 29, few in the Chechen community of UAE doubted that it was Sulim Yamadaev who was killed. It should be noted that he relocated to the UAE only several months ago under an assumed identity (and with a fake passport) with his entire family (including his ...
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Chechenpress: "IF SAAKASHVILI RETREATS, OPPOSITION WILL BE ENGAGED TO AGREE ON DIALOGUE FOR NOT ASSIST RUSSIA IN APROACH OF GOAL" - A. ZAKAEV
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Information Agency Pirveli
Interview with Prime Minister of the ChRI Akhmed Zakaev. L. Chitanava: Catholic – Patriarch of Whole Georgia Ilia II announced too interesting initiative while Sunday liturgy in regards to peace draft in Caucasus region concerning establishment of common soul space. After announcement of abovementioned idea, meeting had been held between U.S. State Secretary Mathew Bryza and Catholic Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II. Establishment of common soul space in itself represents to be not innovation, indeed its declaring by Catholic Patriarch bears more importance. Representatives of Diasporas from different European countries sent a letter to the Patriarch on welcoming the initiative. What ` s your view on the initiative? A. Zakaev: I believe we need not to create anything, because tens of people living in Caucasus have already established common soul space, despite of religious and national differences. Exactly soul closeness united these people ... >> full
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Window On Eurasia: Nearly Half Of Russians Now Blame Moscow For Economic Crisis
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Paul Goble
Vienna, April 15 – Forty-two percent of Russians now blame the Russian government for the economic crisis that is hitting their country, more than twice as many as blame either major Western countries like the United States or say it is the result of problems inherent to capitalism, according to the results of a massive poll released today.
Experts at the Group7/89 survey firm said that a March survey they conducted of 14,200 people in 17 cities and regions found that 42 percent of Russians blame their own government for the economic crisis, 20 percent blame the US and other Western countries, and 16 percent blame capitalism (www.sobkorr.ru/news/49E5CB36D7F72.html).
The poll found, the Group’s experts said at a Moscow press conference, that “the share of those who consider America and the West to blame is higher among the more well-off and stable categories of the population and also among young people, those ...
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