Saturday, April 4, 2009

A Tale of Two Presidents


Tomorrow (Monday morning, Turkish time; Sunday night ours), President Obama is scheduled to arrive in Turkey and will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.  (Note: I'll give a free amulet to protect you from the evil eye to the first person -- non Turkish -- who can pronounce his name correctly without looking it up; on your honor, no cheating.)

There's already a fair amount in our news about hopes and goals for the trip, for example in the LA Times, for example, an opinion piece by Jack Miles, and news reports from Istanbul and Washington.

But if you want to know what the Turks themselves think, the best place for such opinion is Today's Zaman.  Take some time following Obama from the international perspective.  It's worth your while.
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3 comments:

  1. donnisApril 5, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    He is NOT the president, he is the Prime Minister!

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  2. Thomas WelbersApril 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM

    My mistake. The president is Abdullah Gül. Incidentally, his last name mean "rose" in Turkish.

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  3. AnonymousApril 5, 2009 at 5:52 PM

    Monsignor Welbers, I am not sure if this article is of any value, but the Washington Think-Tank COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS put out this article 3 days ago:

    http://www.cfr.org/publication/19000/

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