Turkey doomed to collapse?

Pravda ^ | 06/20/2013 | Araik Stepanyan

[TexGrill]

s this a chain reaction or mass epidemic? Either way, the fact remains - the political upheavals in the Muslim world that began in Tunisia swept across North Africa and Syria, and now a wave of instability has reached Turkey. A member of the Presidium of the Academy of Geopolitical Issues Araik Stepanyan analyzed this complex, ambiguous situation in the country.

"We will identify the external and internal factors that have caused, for the lack of a better word, social unrest in Turkey.

Internal factors have deep roots. The main reason is the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War and the Turkish Republic established by the "father of the Turks" Kemal Ataturk. He decided to raise the status of the ethnic Turks that was low in the Ottoman Empire, turning them into an overriding ethnic group and create a political nation - the Turks.

In 1926, a law was passed stating that all residents of Turkey were ethnic Turks, and different names - the Kurds, Armenians, Laz, Circassian, and so on - were insulting to the Turkish national identity and must not be used. Everybody was recorded as Turks. And, although many years have passed, the first problem in Turkey is a problem of national identity.

[TexGrill]

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[Ken H]

I just caught myself thinking, 'Finally, a credible source'.

Is the world upside down, or what?

[SeeSharp]

the status of the ethnic Turks that was low in the Ottoman Empire

???

The Ottomans were Turks and Turks were the ruling elite in the empire. Bad translation maybe?

[combat_boots]

Ottomans were from the Osmanliye tribe.

I am wondering about the Circassians, who were also around there, Egypt, Nazareth and Syria. They are light-skinned and light-eyed. The Pharohs were Circassian. I learned as a child that Jesus was, too.