Je savais qu'Ataturk était alcoolique (ça c'est sans doute une
insulte encore que l'alcoolisme soit une maladie) mais j'ignorais
qu'il était homo (ça en Belgique ce n'est plus une insulte,
contrairement �* la Turquie apparemment).
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:07:56 +0300, "gogu"
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>http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/de...ay&link=106725
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> Belgian textbook insults Turkey's founder Ataturk
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> Following the broadcast of videos with explicit content about Ataturk
>by a Greek youth on the famous Internet site youtube.com, Belgium has
>engaged in similar infamy by listing Ataturk among the important homosexual
>and bisexual personalities of history.
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> A book by the minister of education of the province of Valon in
>Belgium and distributed to all schools in the province claims that Ataturk
>was one of history's important and famous homosexual or bisexual figures
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> Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was included on a list of "Famous homosexuals
>and bisexuals in history" on the 105th page of the 144-page book titled,
>"Fight Against Homophobia." The small book, prepared at the instructions of
>Valon Education Minister Marie Arena and distributed to all students in
>primary and secondary education, emphasizes that homosexuality is not
>actually a negative thing and that there were many famous and important
>homosexual or bisexual people in history.
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> Today's Zaman's efforts to reach Marie Arena proved fruitless. It is
>unknown what source this information was based on, though it will certainly
>spark harsh reactions in Turkey. A leading paper in Belgium, De Standaard,
>covered the issue and in a related report wrote that Ataturk, the founder of
>modern Turkey, was included on the list and noted that it was yet unknown
>whether the Turkish Embassy in Belgium was aware of the incident.
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> Belgium is one of the few countries in the world that grants its
>citizens the right to same-sex marriages and child adoption by homosexual
>couples. It is stated that the distribution of the book was aimed at
>"enlightening the future of the young generation in Belgium" and informing
>them correctly by giving information on the history of homosexuality and the
>general sociocultural perception in regard to homosexuality. The book also
>touches on the equality of women and discusses the viewpoints of other
>societies regarding homosexuality, with an aim to prevent the younger
>generation from harboring negative opinions on homosexuality.
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> Among famous homosexuals in history, according to the book, are
>Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, and Goethe. Other interesting names
>on the list are some spiritual leaders of the Catholic world such as Pope
>Benoit IX and Pope Jules III.
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> Turkey currently has some other problems with Belgium, such as
>allowing the escapte of Fehriye Erdal, the murderer of Ozdemir Sabanci,
>brother of late famous businessman Sakip Sabanci. Belgium is also a country
>where members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the
>Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) freely walk the
>streets. Belgium is also trying to punish the denial of the so-called
>Armenian genocide.
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> Meanwhile a Belgian court found a security company guilty of
>discrimination after it refused to employ Turkish national Murat Caliskan on
>the basis of his being a foreigner. The court accused the company of
>"apparent racism" and ruled that it should pay compensation to Caliskan. He
>said he would use the compensation money in the fight against racism and
>donate it to immigration centers.
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> 28.03.2007
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> VEDAT DENIZLI BRUSSELS