“Greater Germany” was a phrase that brought trouble in the 1940’s. “Greater Turkey” is about getting the band back together for the reprise of the Ottoman Empire.
An Austian PM’s response (I think it is from December of last year).
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http://www.youtube.com/watchv=XRmgI_WXff0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I sure we we had someone like this is Washington (Allen West, perhaps) How about in the UN? (won’t hold my breath).
Oh the irony.
Properly translated.
In Turkish, integration means a whole lot of things, but assimilation just means assimilation.
Cambridge (British English) definitions:
1. Integration. To mix with and join society or a group of people, often changing to suit their way of life, habits and customs. Or, to combine two or more things in order to become more effective.
2. Assimilation. To take in, fit into, or become similar (to).
Turkish (dictionary) definitions:
1. Integration.
f. bütünlemek, to complete; to make complete.
tamamlamak, to complete, finish; to make (something) complete or whole, fill in (the gap, the missing parts); to complement.
integralini almak, (numerous) to take, to get, to steal, etc.
birleştirmek, to unite, join (people, things) together.
kaynaştırmak, 1. to fuse, join together. 2. to cause (people) to become firm friends.
katmak, 1. to add, mix in. 2. to send with. 3. to annex (something) (to).
ilave etmek, to add.
2. Assimilation.
asimilasyon, assimilation
özümseme, assimilation
özümleme, assimilation
sindirim, digestion
benzeyiş, resemblance
benzeşme, assimilation