Recent content by Ulubatli

Poor children... This is another side effect of globalisation, shame on those parents... I mean people should not be imitaters. Everybody is best as what it is.

Sth flashed in my mind? Where I have heard this word? Hımmmm.... Southpark of course!!!

You pissed them off... They are searching for you to make you believe... :) :emblaugh:

The universe is not infinitely big. It started with an explosion called 'Big Bang' and is still growing, that is to say, it has an end. The possibility of an existance of a lifeform like in Earth is really really low; on the order of 10^(-70). Is the universe big enough to let a chance for...

9/11 was a good reason for Bush, it made him happier i think...

Lately, you have started hearing about the debates in Cyprus. Cyprus issue is not new, it has a long story, starting from 1940s. I don't want to give detailed information or discuss anything on it. I just wonder what you know about the issue or what you think about the sides. Do you think...

Don't worry man, mine is also very long, going all the way down on my spine... :) Look at the avatar... Just tell those that contradict you just becoz you seem like a girl... Com on man, girls have two eyes, twe feet, two hands... Should I cut one of these not to resemble girls? :) Opponents...

Concerns about cloning is not about the misuse of it, for example building an army of 100 Arnolds... :) When we had a discussion about cloning with my friends, concerns were mostly focused on what should it be used for? As the admin stated before, noone will be using this to create new...

Generally, a friend of mine suggests a place and we try that place. We rarely go to places that we have gone before. That is to say, we go to places just to discover it, good or bad does not bother us. The reason for going on a trip is just for 'being among the people that visited that place'...

A question flashed in my mind suddenly... Are those names related with any successors in history or religious people that those nations believe in?

Of course destroying Iconas of Jesus is ignorance and intolerance. I did not try to legitimize the destruction of iconas. I just wanted to give an opinion of those people that destroyed iconas. The thing is that I am not trying to advocate Ottomans, surely they had done a lot of mistakes...

I'm starting with a story: "Once upon a time, Turks were in a battle with Jews. Turks had more man than Jews. They were so close to each other, even they were able to see each other loading their guns. Jews were loosing power, but they were sly. 'Mehmet, where are you?' shouted a Jew. Almost...

By the way, returning to topic 'Is Turkey a western country?' Yes, it seems to be a western country. However, it does not deserve entering European Union. If i were the one that decides it, I wouldn't let Turks into Europe...

Regarding your question about janissaries: Well, Ottoman Empire was not the perfect model of a state. That's a burden that I can not defend in terms of human rights and etc. I don't know the reason what pushed Pashas or Sultans to legitimize taking away the 5th child. Moreover, this is not the...

Sources: Firman of Sultan Mehmed (Conquirer of Istanbul): "Send to the praised bishop this message; Your sincere will to be administrated under justice of Ottoman rulers rather than Byzantine rulers, will be the source of mercy upon you, your merchants, your priests, your mans and womans."...