Good news, everyone!
My Füsun Teyze and her boyfriend Carl have now married! I was there, and I was an usher! It was quite cool.
But though this event is near and dear to my heart, I wanted to also commemorate the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. The Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan prompted Turkey to seal its Armenian border and cut ties in 1993. Tough times lie ahead, but this was a big step for both countries. Especially interesting will be the results of an independent investigation into the Armenian Genocide that started in 1915, and how each country and their diasporae (is that a word? Firefox says yes!) react. It's really a relief to see some concrete movement towards peace and stability in the we're-part-of-UEFA-but-not-generally-considered-part-of-Europe-exactly region.
Speaking of UEFA and Turkey, I am sad to report that Turkey's World Cup dreams for 2010 have officially ended with a victory by Bosnia-Herzegovina over Estonia in the UEFA qualifiers. Incidentally, Armenia was in the same group, but they were already eliminated. Anyway, good luck to Bosnia, I suppose. They'd better fucking win it all if they're going to go beating Turkey's asses in.
(Post edited to change the awful EUFA into UEFA. That was embarrassing. The embarrassing lack of flow and awesomeness, however, shall remain.)
But though this event is near and dear to my heart, I wanted to also commemorate the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. The Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan prompted Turkey to seal its Armenian border and cut ties in 1993. Tough times lie ahead, but this was a big step for both countries. Especially interesting will be the results of an independent investigation into the Armenian Genocide that started in 1915, and how each country and their diasporae (is that a word? Firefox says yes!) react. It's really a relief to see some concrete movement towards peace and stability in the we're-part-of-UEFA-but-not-generally-considered-part-of-Europe-exactly region.
Speaking of UEFA and Turkey, I am sad to report that Turkey's World Cup dreams for 2010 have officially ended with a victory by Bosnia-Herzegovina over Estonia in the UEFA qualifiers. Incidentally, Armenia was in the same group, but they were already eliminated. Anyway, good luck to Bosnia, I suppose. They'd better fucking win it all if they're going to go beating Turkey's asses in.
(Post edited to change the awful EUFA into UEFA. That was embarrassing. The embarrassing lack of flow and awesomeness, however, shall remain.)
Labels: Turkey, World Cup 2010, world events
