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Sick Man of Europe. The torch of Islamic empire-building passed in time from Arab to Seljuk to Mongol to Ottoman Turk. All the while, Islam was intellectually withdrawing from engagement with alien thought, under the influence of the mystical Sufis, and the orthodox ulama (scholars) who saw all wisdom in the Koran and Moslem tradition. By the 19th century, Islam was enfeebled in body as well as spirit; lands once ruled by Saladin and Suleiman the Magnificent became European protectorates; Turkey, resident of the impotent caliphs, was the "sick man of Europe...
...American this question: What is the name of a small island that lies south of a large country, has a bearded leader, receives Russian arms, threatens its northern neighbor and whose name begins with C? The answer would undoubtedly be Cuba. Ask the same question of a Turk and he'd say Cyprus [March 26]. We aren't as worried about the Redness of Makarios & Co. as the U.S. is about Castro & Co.; our main worry is that we have thousands of families living in Cyprus under the threat of death. If thousands of Americans were...
Rather tall for a Turk, he was icily handsome and did not scruple to make use of his physical attributes. He chased after pretty young men and became so popular with prostitutes that he seldom had to pay the bill. Attracted by Western political ideas and appalled by the social, moral and religious putrefaction of the Ottoman Empire, he swore that he would somehow save his country. He plunged headlong into a series of political conspiracies. None of them succeeded, but Mustafa Kemal became known to the Ottoman police as a man to watch...
...Buddhists pressing their riots against Huong and the U.S. In Nhatrang, there was a repetition of the grisly tactics the Buddhists employed in their 1963 campaign against Diem: a pretty, 17-year-old girl, Yen Phi (Flying Swallow), burned herself to death. In Sai gon, Khanh and his "Young Turk" officers-notably pistol-packing Air Force Chief Nguyen Cao Ky-decided that the time had come to dump Huong...
...true that Maxwell Taylor, in talking to a group of "Young Turk" generals in Saigon, used the rough manner described in your articles, then this is a matter for grave concern. Such condescension is reminiscent of the arrogance and highhanded attitude of French officials in dealing with our people on many occasions. This French arrogance brought them utter defeat in Indo-China and sowed hatred among the Vietnamese for many years to come...