http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/ "If writing is not a tearing of the self toward the other within a confession of infinite separation... then it destroys itself." Jacques Derrida Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:37:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-739 BenjaminL Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:56:40 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/#comment-739 Does your father have an opinion on Perry Anderson's recent article, "Kemalism," in the London Review of Books? Just curious... Does your father have an opinion on Perry Anderson’s recent article, “Kemalism,” in the London Review of Books? Just curious…

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Murat Boston Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:01:12 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/#comment-738 Turkey is the most neutralist country in the world. Since it declines to interfere even with its own internal affairs... Turkey is the most neutralist country in the world. Since it declines to interfere even with its own internal affairs…

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Grisha Freidin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:01:24 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/08/13/letters-to-the-editors/#comment-737 I am in solidarity with your father regarding the CC in Turkey. I am not sure, though, he is right about Putin, who is more of an authoritarian modernizer than a an autocratic modernized traditionalist like Edrogan. But these are small quibbles. he is right about the main issue of creeping desecularization. And now, I better stop before I reach the limit of 150 words. Best, G. I am in solidarity with your father regarding the CC in Turkey. I am not sure, though, he is right about Putin, who is more of an authoritarian modernizer than a an autocratic modernized traditionalist like Edrogan. But these are small quibbles. he is right about the main issue of creeping desecularization. And now, I better stop before I reach the limit of 150 words.
Best,
G.

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