"A humble call to Europe: Stick the needle in yourself first ...
Cem Oguz
ccem@bilkent.edu.tr
10 October 2006
There is Turkish proverb that goes, 'Stick a needle in yourself first to see how much it hurts before you thrust a packing needle into others.'
The significance therein has always been my guiding principle, or motto, in life. Accordingly, I candidly try never to forget that every criticism, unless presided by self-criticism, is inevitably unreliable.
Sometimes I sincerely question whether we, the Turks, have become oversensitive and reactionary, whether we are indeed slaves to our excessive concerns. And whether rationality in my country is being increasingly replaced by psychological reflection ..."
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