Thursday, November 27, 2008

The Awakening of the Turks

"The Awakening of the Turks
November 26th, 2008 By: Michael van der Galien

In the last few decades a major change has taken place in what we Westerners often call “the Muslim world”: Turkic peoples have awoken.

For years, many Turkic peoples were dominated by the Soviet Union and / or by other foreign powers. One only has to refer to countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to see that these peoples were dominated by communists for decades. These communists tried to destroy the Turkic peoples they controlled and their culture."

More:PoliGazette » The Awakening of the Turks