I saw this thread few days ago and when i heard a Greek Song tonight, "I gotta post it there" i said to myself..
The song actually starts after 1:00..
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I'm a Turkish guy, and if you know a little bit of our history, you will know that we are a very multicultural country.. While being western part more "European-like", the northern part is a bit more "Caucasian" and "Laz people", and the eastern part being "middle-east people (couldn't find the right word, but not Arabs, in fact Ottomans had very bad relations with Arabs all their history long)" and "Kurds" mostly.. Categorizing the parts of a nation isn't my intention, don't get me wrong, i've always seen all of us in under one roof. And if you know about Ottoman Empire's border expansion policy, you will know that wherever they conquered, they let people be as they were until that time and as they could get full rights, most of them migrated to Ottoman Empire's heart, mostly to Istanbul. Now, this is what i'm very thankful of.. You don't get to live in a city where you can find a Mosque, a Church and a Synagogue at the same street.. I've always loved that, despite i'm being an atheist. With that said, we also had many Greek people. The Greeks affected our culture as much as we affected theirs, and in the end, i think we have an awesome common culture with them.. And thus i think we should be allies with ourselves, despite the number of ignorant patriotic fools of both sides who sees Turks/Greeks as enemies.. Anyway, the politics isn't my intention..
I think Yuko is the person who will understand my feelings most, as he has Greek blood.. Wouldn't you want to drink a glass of Raki/Ouzo at the seaside of Aegean while listening to this song Yuko?
Despite the song being Greek, i can fully say that this is my culture as well, and wouldn't it be stupid to argue about "this culture is Turks/Greeks?" or "Greeks stole our Raki and named it Ouzo and vice versa"? So let's just bring this things aside and enjoy "our" culture.
(Oh yes i'm very, very emotional at the moment
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