Turski predsjednik Recep Tayyip Erdogan zabranio je da se stadioni nazivaju arenama, rekavši da je to naziv iz starog Rima za mjesta na kojima su se ljudi borili na život i smrt.
“U našem jeziku ne postoji takvo što”, rekao je. “Protiv sam arena, znate što su tamo radili u prošlosti. Ondje su životinje derale ljude”, kazao je.

Michael Rubin @mrubin1971
May 24, 2017 4:16 pm | AEIdeas

Invest in Turkey? Think again

Foreign and Defense Policy, International Economics, Middle East

Turkey has become Venezuela. Whereas that South American country was once the wealthiest on the continent, almost two decades of highly ideological rule by Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro has run Venezuela into the ground. At its core, the problem with Venezuela was Chávez and Maduro’s subordination of the economy to politics. When warning signs emerged that their policies were faltering, the Venezuelan leaders preferred to lash out at enemies real or imagined rather than accept accountability for their own actions.

In Turkey, it’s take two. Consider the following story from Reuters:

Turkish authorities seized or appointed an administrator to a total of 879 companies worth 40.3 billion lira ($11.32 billion) in assets in the eight months since the failed coup last July, the state fund that runs the firms said on Wednesday. According to a quarterly report by Turkey’s Savings and Deposits Insurance Fund (TMSF), nearly 45,000 people were working in the seized companies. It added that a total of 147 media companies were shut down within the same period….

That’s a pretty amazing figure, and one that should give Western investors in Turkey pause. True, many of the companies may have belonged to Erdogan ally-turned-rival Fethullah Gülen but political seizures of companies predate that feud. Throw into the mix his tendency to approach interest rates as a political tool distinct from the laws of economics, and the situation is volatile. While Turkish economic indicators may look decent at face value, few outside of Turkey believe the numbers published by Turkey have any bearing on reality.

This, and Erdogan’s general mismanagement is one of the reasons independent analysts have increasingly downgraded Turkey to junk status. Here’s Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s, for example. Simply put, to invest in Turkey today may finance the extravagant lifestyle of Erdogan, his family, and his close friends, but otherwise just flushes money down the drain.

Venezuela shows how poor leadership, opacity, disrespect for rule of law, and disdain for individual liberty can transform a rich society and state into abject poverty. Turkey, unfortunately, now heads down that same path.

Na Wiki stranici od Turske ima fantasticna tablica rodjenih, umrlih i fertiliteta, po godinama i za svaku tursku regiju od 2009 do 2016.


U Turskoj natalitet pada za 0.5 promila vec trecu godinu za redom. Najmanji natalitet ima prostor oko Mramornog i Crnog mora: oko 12 promila.

Kurdski krajevi 25 promila.

Jedini jaci od Kurda su Arapi koji zive s Kurdima izmijesani uz granicu sa Sirijom. Sada ih je Erdogan doveo jos 2 milijuna.

Trenutno je fertilitet citave Turske 2.1.

Pri tome je fertilitet Turaka oko 1.8 djece, a fertilitet Kurda oko 3.

Kače se oko rajčica. Sad ruski seljaci dovoljno ubiru da pokriju čitavu Rusiju. Pa im Turska uvela protu sankcije na žitarice.
Ali glavna sankcija ostaje. Turisti i charter letovi za Tursku.

Erdogan je previše ovisan o Rusiji pa mora paziti. Plin i izgradnja nuklearne centrale. Ne može se biti lider muslimana bez atomske bombe.

Turska nije ni medju TOP 4 najutjecajnijih muslimanskih zemalja u svijetu (Saudijska s utjecajem nafte i monopolom na Muhameda, Iran koji je sila i civilizacija na svakom polju, Pakistan s nuklearnim oruzjem, Indonezija kao najveca muslimanska zemlja i geografski iznimno otvorena).

Turska se moze usporedjivati s Egiptom, no ima puno manje stanovnika a sami Turci duplo manje djece od Egipcana.

Jedino sto Tursku cini zanimljivom je blizina Europe i geostrateski polozaj (mada je vazniji Sueski kanal u Egiptu od Bospora na kojeg idu samo Bugari, Rumunji i Rusi). Inace cak i Ujedinjeni Arapski emirati imaju 50% veci vojni budzet od Turske, dok Saudijska ima 5 puta veci, sada nakon sto im je Trump uvalio masu oruzja, mozda i 10 puta.

Chief Adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Detained

by BREITBART LONDON3 Jun 20176

ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkey’s official news agency says the chief adviser to the prime minister has been detained for alleged links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed by the government for last summer’s coup attempt.
Anadolu news agency said Birol Erdem, who currently advises Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, was taken into custody in Ankara Saturday along with his wife. They are being investigated for their suspected membership in Gulen’s movement, which Turkey considers a terror group.

Turkey launched a massive crackdown after the July 15 coup to purge state institutions of suspected Gulen sympathizers. More than 50,000 people have been arrested and 100,000 civil servants dismissed.

Erdem previously served in the highest judicial body and as the undersecretary of the Justice Ministry.

Turska prva dama i muž luksemburškog premijera.

Erdogan izrazio podršku Kataru
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