RE: Istanbul impressions

2003-01-09 Thread Sabri Oncu
Ahmet Tonak wrote: >Specifically, tough Louis --who is now every Turk's Eniste!!-- Ahmet, I cannot believe that you ruined my nice gesture to Louis in such a manner. As a punishment to you, from now on I will call you "Agabey", that is, "the older brother", so that everybody would now you are ab

Re: Istanbul impressions and the Turkish economy...

2003-01-09 Thread e. ahmet tonak
Louis Proyect wrote: Although the economic situation in Turkey has probably improved since the stock market collapse of 2001, it is still very bad. Generally, I do not think that it is a good idea to judge an economy's well-being (?) through stock market indices. Specifically, tough Loui

Re: RE: Istanbul impressions

2003-01-09 Thread Louis Proyect
tesekkurler. At 02:53 PM 1/9/2003 -0800, you wrote: By the way Louis, May I call you Eniste from now on? Best, Sabri PS: "Eniste", pronounced "enishteh", means "the husband of a sister". Louis Proyect, Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org

RE: Istanbul impressions

2003-01-09 Thread Sabri Oncu
By the way Louis, May I call you Eniste from now on? Best, Sabri PS: "Eniste", pronounced "enishteh", means "the husband of a sister".

RE: Istanbul impressions

2003-01-09 Thread Sabri Oncu
Louis wrote: > While radical mass action has been the response in > Argentina to a devastating economic collapse, Turkey > appears eerily calm in face of its own. Except for > increased votes for populist Islamic electoral formations, > there is not much one can point to as a sign that people > ar

Istanbul impressions

2003-01-08 Thread Louis Proyect
Although the main purpose of my visit to Istanbul was to meet my in-laws, I had no doubt that broader cultural and political concerns would make themselves felt. Chief among them was Turkey's role in the impending war with next-door neighbor Iraq, the lingering effects of a severe economic cris