tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423879133743189961.post2257081078724622183..comments2023-06-04T11:39:43.171+01:00Comments on af samme stof som stof: HE* said 'one minute' but he didn't mean it that wayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16482292767256704377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423879133743189961.post-71889035244722390882010-05-04T15:07:06.721+01:002010-05-04T15:07:06.721+01:00Thanks Damla, sounds like I did really miss more o...Thanks Damla, sounds like I did really miss more of Ahmet Davutoglu... <br /><br />and something against the polite and intellectual language of these comments: Kara ruled!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482292767256704377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423879133743189961.post-3748104126756887412010-05-04T12:43:18.507+01:002010-05-04T12:43:18.507+01:00Ömer, I have really enjoyed while reading about th...Ömer, I have really enjoyed while reading about the conference. You have written exactly what almost all of us have been thinking after this 3days experience with Mr. Davutoğlu in Oxford. ı would like to admit that my Polish friend, Magda who attened just to the last part of the conference on Sunday, has also impressed from the speakers and especially from Mr.Davutoğlu. Since you didn't come on Sunday, you have missed the round table discussion that Mr.Davutoğlu also joined. <br /><br />Finally, I also would like to comment that everyone that I have talked was impressed from Karabekir's presentation and his confidence. Congratulations to him too!Damla Cihangirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291450012728325135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423879133743189961.post-66435400713334499622010-05-04T06:52:25.039+01:002010-05-04T06:52:25.039+01:00Wow, now I'm really curious to know what they ...Wow, now I'm really curious to know what they served at the dinner! <br /><br />No, but seriously, thanks for your confirmation of the others then. As I have also written, I was more than impressed but it seems like there is even more to him than what we saw at the lecture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482292767256704377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423879133743189961.post-14085124495312575782010-05-04T00:14:21.573+01:002010-05-04T00:14:21.573+01:00Omer - firstly, thanks for the kinds words, and th...Omer - firstly, thanks for the kinds words, and thanks for coming, really appreciated.. <br /><br />Re: Davutoglu. Several of us said, when we heard that he would be arriving with a huge entourage including journalists and staying in an over-expensive hotel, oh another arrogant, wasteful Turkish politician. But I have to admit, at the end of the conference (following a dinner, a breakfast and a roundtable discussion session with the FM in addition to the first lecture) more or less everyone - including academics and journalists, young and old, Turkish or foreign - was seriously impressed with Davutoglu. I've heard more than a few of the participants say that Turkey's lucky to have him. <br /><br />And I can assure you it was not because of those plane tickets. Rarely (if ever) has a serious international forum seen a Turkish politician that speaks so eloquently (most can't speak English) and to be honest quite philosophically about Turkey, the international order, history and humanity. He did take questions and did not try to spin them, but answer intelligently, showing respect to his audience. We rarely have statesmen that cultivate ideas beyond our own borders. And we almost never have politicians who speak of multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, mutual understanding, getting rid of borders and, yes, peace. <br /><br />He did seem somewhat over-confident at times, which may even be taken as arrogance. And he certainly painted an unrealistically positive image of Turkey in the neighbourhood. Even so, it was very refreshing to have a Turkish politician not to be constantly on the attack mode (out of being inherently defensive) and just talk about threats, enemies, might and conspiracy theories. <br /><br />In that sense, Davutoglu is in a different league from most of fellow MPs, and almost a direct opposite of the PM.karabekirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304166677047367016noreply@blogger.com