Racism In Thoughts

     People suffered a lot because of racism and antipathy for others or minorities. Lots of innocent people died because of their color or nation in history. In 21th century, governments try to decrease racist activities in their countries. Racism is forbidden in almost all over the world. America has an African-American President, apartheid system finished and Mandela retired as the first black president of South Africa. Thank God, Mussolini and Hitler died. Racism in constitutions might finish, but what about the racism in thoughts? Has it really finished? The answer is no.

    Firstly, I think racism is growing people's mind day by day. The last  example of this happened in America which has a "black president". Zimmerman killed an innocent African-American teenager. It was because he was wearing a hood. Court released Zimmerman since if a person thinks his life is in danger, he has right to kill. This decision caused big protests in America. Although Mr Obama declared if he had a boy he would be like Trayvon Martin, people are still worried about hidden racism in thoughts. Because only half century ago African people had a bad position in society and it can be said they have just won race equality. Therefore, it is so normal for them to be afraid of events like this.

   Secondly, racism in Eurpoe is so obvious especially in football matches. In Italy, African footballer of Ac Milan Kevin P. Boateng walked off the pith during a preparation match because of racist Pro Patria fans in January. Two days ago the same event happened to Kevin Constant. Even the most adorable footballers have to experience racism sometimes. The biggest example of that is Roberto Carlos. In June 2011 Roberto Carlos was thrown a banana during a match while he was playing for Anzhi and Karim Benzema,French foot, was criticized a lot as he doesn't sing the national anthem of France, a racist newspaper in Germany didn't count the goals of Turkish originated players and said national match finished draw.

   Finally, in South Africa, which tried a lot to get rid of racism and apartheid system for years, Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend in Valentine's Day. He said he was too sorry and it was an accident as he thought she was a thief. There were campaigns around the world to support him. People supported him without even know who he is and his girlfriend. After a few days, Pistorious was released like Zimmerman;however, Oscar's case is still going on.

   Consequently, racism is still seen, even if people are equal in constitutions and governments try to emphasize how important equality is. It is really hard to break the taboos and privileges in thoughts. I can't stop thinking what would happen, if Zimmerman was an African and killed a white teenager with a bad excuse. Would he be released again by court? What would happen, if Oscar Pistorius was a black guy and killed his girlfriend. Would people around the world start a campaign and tell he didn't do anything wrong ? As Einstein says "it is harder to crack prejudice than an atom."

Grandson of Ottoman Empire: Turkey and its role in middle east

            Ottoman Empire also known as Turkish Empire ruled the world from 15th century to 17th century. It was settled in a geography that was19.902.000 km² . However, there was an end for Ottoman Empire like the other empires in the history. It finished legally 1922 and Turkish Republic was founded by Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK. Although this new type of country looked different it was like a "grandson" of the previous empire. The flag, language, religion were the same. Turkish Republic had even to pay the debts of the empire and try to settle up problems of empire.

           

            Now in the 90th year of the republic, Turkey tries to have a similar role like Ottoman Empire's in Middle East. It started in 2002 when Justice and Development Party became the 59th government. Turkey started to establish close relations with middle east leaders and PM Erdoğan visited most of the them. The main policy of the government was that " zero problem with our neighbors." There were powerful rumors that JDP ( Justice and Development Party ) was elected thanks to USA's support. After 2002 Turkey become the best country in middle east, economy grew, the debts are paid to IMF, there is not a lot conspiracies as much as before such as the journalists who are murdered. Turkey seems the most powerful country in Middle East and Balcanic Area. Are all those positive events because of skillfully administration of JDP or America's support ? That is the question as Hamlet says.

            Mahir KAYNAK a retired intelligence agent asks the same question one of his books. Is Turkey powerful because of skillful politicians and diplomats or is it because Turkey is wanted to be powerful by West to be used as a "buffer zone" to protect the interests of other countries such as USA. The answer is unknown but I think we might be so close to see it when the political mass is observed and analyzed in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Iran. These countries are nothing but just pawns in a chess game played by America, Russia, China and Germany. What about Turkey ? I think it is just a " knight " because there is no nation which wants to fight for the sake of the country and no people want to be martyr as much as the Turkish. 

Why did I write?

  Survey as a word has a lot of meanings such as "look at and examine." I choose this title for my blog as in my lessons my favoritte lesson was Survey of the English Literature. We read history, philosophy, myths, stories and poems. While doing that I realized how I changed my way of thinking during this department. Therefore I'm hoping to share my thoughts, my essays about the life, literature, politics, diplomacy etc. hoping to improve my language skills. Most probably I will the only one who reads this blog. However, I'm still optimistic because I think exactly like Tennessee Williams.
“Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.”