Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Nitpicking Into Homogeneity
Turkey imposes fines on the usage of letters not in their alphabet on any public sign. This also includes Kurdish banners used to promote a Kurdish holiday that contained Qs and Ws.
How can Turkey be accepted into the European Union, which shares many different cultures and customs, while at the same time they attempt to stamp out subcultures in their own nation through legislation?
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