From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.turkish
Followup-To: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: Re: the chairman of EC says...
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 18:30:04 EST
Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Distribution: world

In article <C1Anyo.Gz0@agora.rain.com> robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob) writes:

>In article <9301212155@zuma.UUCP> sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic) writes:
>>In article <9301211543.AA10294@kocrsw06.delcoelect.com> c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:
>
>>	Ulle Elleman Jensen , Foreign Minister
>>	of Denmark, the chairman of EC said yesterday, 20/01/93:
>>	   " I'm shamed of EC because it's bounded
>>	     from Greece to not recognize Macedonia, EC must
>>	     recognize Macedonia at once..."
>
>>	The black sheep of EC, Greece, continues it's
>>	disruption in EC and the government of Greece
>>	has make the Macedonian issue to a sleeping-tablet
>>	for the Greek people to hide Greece's lousy economy.
>
>>No surprise there; of course the chairman of EC changes every few
>>months anyway, so HIS opinion is not necessarily the opinion of the
>>EC... But it is really interesting to observe the list of news
>
>Opaliko. The roots of this delinquent behavior must run deep 
>and complex to seize your psyche with such an intensity, and 
>make you lose sight of your immense problems. Indeed, Greek 
>Governments have enormous problems to tackle. The economy is in
>shambles, corruption is rampant, air pollution is in outrageous
>dimensions, state-sponsored terrorism is the name of the game and
>infrastructure is decaying. Another insightful article in the 
>New York Times (Sunday, April 7) exposes the dirty linen
>of Greece, and describes her as the pariah of the European 
>Community. The article reports that ''...with un-European antics,
>Greece uses the Community as a cash register. She squanders, and
>at times even steals the European tax payers' money for political  
>featherbedding at home. The principal members of the Community
>admit that it was a mistake to accept Greece to the European
>Community.'' This affirmation is testimony to the fact that
>notwithstanding her geographic location, Greece is un-European
>in mentality and attitude. 
>
>Now wait, there is more.
>
>Source: 'United Nations, Human Development Report,' 1990.
>
>Annual Output Per Person in Dollars Adjusted to Purchasing Power
>Parity: Turkiye, Greece and Chile are in the same category. That
>is, $3,000 - $5,999. 
>
>Source: 'International Economics: Theory and Policy' by Paul R.
>        Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld, Harper Collins Publishers,
>        1991, (second edition).
>
>In terms of 'Annual Output Per Person in Dollars Adjusted to 
>Purchasing Power Parity,' Greece is in the same category with 
>Turkiye.
>
>Indeed, during the last 12 years, Turkiye registered a great 
>success with regard to economic restructuring. A sound economy, 
>ready to be integrated to the world economies, has emerged, 
>succeeding to the faltering one, witnessed in the '70s.
>
>Just 12 years ago, Greece used to export double as much as 
>Turkiye did. Now inversely, Turkiye's overall exports exceed 
>by far that of Greece. As far as the tourism incomes are 
>concerned, we are witnessing the same phenomenon.
>
>The governments in Turkiye have put a particular emphasis on 
>the infrastructure investments (rather than investing in
>world terrorist organizations), thereby solving this issue 
>completely. Indeed, in the '70s, it was out of the question 
>to conduct a telephone call from Eastern Anatolia to the West. 
>Nowadays, this is not the case at all, and in a far remote 
>town, even in a village you may have, at any time, a long-distance 
>call to any given country.
>
>However, the same could not be applied to Greece. In fact,
>it is not so easy in Athens to have a trunk call to Germany
>round the clock. And if you happen to be in the Greek islands,
>then your chance will be pretty slim. Therefore, it would not
>be an exaggeration to argue that Turkiye is far ahead of 
>Greece in regard to telecommunication facilities. Greece,
>by virtue of its full membership, has enjoyed all advantages
>of the EC, obtaining huge grants and extensive subsidies. 
>Turkiye, having no access at all to similar financial supports,
>has nevertheless managed to create a better economy which 
>enabled it to produce consecutive current accounts surplus
>over the last three years. As such, Turkiye deserves to be the
>only country in its region having permanent current accounts
>surplus. 
>
>Serdar Argic
>
>                           'We closed the roads and mountain passes that 
>                            might serve as ways of escape for the Turks 
>                            and then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
>                                                       (Ohanus Appressian)
>                           'In Soviet Armenia today there no longer exists 
>                            a single Turkish soul.'    (Sahak Melkonian)
>
>

>  Quit posting this irrelevant shit to soc.culture.USA

You are barking up the wrong tree. By the way, if a dog's prayers were
answered, bones would rain from the sky.

Serdar Argic

                           'We closed the roads and mountain passes that 
                            might serve as ways of escape for the Turks 
                            and then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
                                                       (Ohanus Appressian)
                           'In Soviet Armenia today there no longer exists 
                            a single Turkish soul.'    (Sahak Melkonian)


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