Review: Well done and very entertaining!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2013
Presently, I am in the process of completing my read of Mr. Quigley's Book: Tea Time in Turkey. I think for the novice traveller, this is an excellent read. The Author's personal views about the Turks, the EU and such are very interesting. I think he realizes that the EU has definitely created a lot of painful economic problems to the Author's native Country of Ireland as the Irish are now being heavily taxed. Presently, Ireland is saddled with a huge debt due to the mistakes of the EU. Sad to state, the Irish have lost most their past economic sovereignty. As for the Turks, the Author feels that once the Turks join the EU, many of their present economic advantages as well as their national sovereignty will be lost as the EU is faced with the national debts of Spain, Portugal as well as Greece. These debts were created by the irresponsible government free spending habits of these States so the rest of the EU has to pay for these mistakes. So again, each EU State is required to pay off the debts of other EU States. Mr. Quigley did an excellent job by providing a concise History of both the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire as well as the Turkish Republic as created by Ataturk. I think his interest in providing a profile of the present day Turks has been able to adapt to the on going rise of tourism as well as the important fact how the average Tourist can adapt the the ongoing attitudes of today's Turks. Thank you and again, this book is well worth the time to review.