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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

European Muslim Turks

"European Muslim Turks

“It is not easy to define the concept of identity. Though I wrote a book about this problem, I have not consumed the topic yet,” Amin Maalouf says.

Because of the easiness that exists in ideological preference and the habit of debating personality by hiding behind ideology, many in our country can instantly define identity. Those who do not develop views and try to conceptualize themselves through Western ideas and modernism, and those who consider all these as the opposite front, create marginal structures. For example, leftist circles used to refer to those with environmental sensitivities as the “bourgeoisie.” This unproductivity prevented a social-based movement such as the “Greens” from coming into being. The focal point and the only slogan of all ideologies is, “We will come to power and correct everything.” Don’t wonder how!"

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