At the moment Turks cannot be trusted with their future. There is a huge difference between the lower class and upper class. The people living in Istanbul sip their Starbucks while the people in Diyarbakir are trying to wondering if they will get food the next day. The distribution of wealth and income is very uneven in Turkey. Therefore the people in the poorer parts of Turkey don’t get proper education. The facts and figures show that the literacy has increased and that more people are getting education but the truth is the education they are getting is not objective. The education they get is Islamic. There is almost no one who gets objective education, which can increase awareness and teach them how to analyze situations intellectually. Unless they get this kind of education, their minds will be subjective and they won’t be able to make proper decisions. Turkish people have gone through a lot, so they often become very confused and they can easily be manipulated. Therefore, unless everyone gets proper education without any Islamic studies and is aware of all the facts, they cannot be trusted with their future.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Can Turks be trusted with their own future?
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Thanks for following the posting instructions precisely.
A few comments:
1. I think you need to strengthen a few points of your argument in order to make it seem less obviously biased. First of all, you should clarify what you mean by "Islamic" education and then explain how this type of education could be at odds with democratic decision-making.
2. And my personal reaction: Don't you think people who are scrambling for food need democracy even more than those sipping Starbucks? And you seem to underestimate their ability to know what's good for them. But by that you seem to imply that you are one of the "Starbucks sippers" and that you have a right to a vote and they don't...It is therefore a strong echo of what the ruling elite thinks of the Turkish public. In my experience, the so-called "intellectual" class rarely makes better decisions than the "nobodies" - just look at who voted for Bush! On the other hand, consider all the grassroots movements in poor countries led by poor labourers and the like.
3. I guess what I'm really saying is that as it stands, your argument is open to attack on several fronts...I'm trying to resist the temptation to really start up a debate...! :=)
I actually didn't mean to reflect drinking Starbucks as a bad thing. Of course people who fight for democracy can also drink Starbucks, as a matter of fact I drink it almost everyday :)
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