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Big Boy
Montreal, Canada
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Judged:
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All true to detail.
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ALI
Melbourne, Australia
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* Turks Are Universally Envied... thats for sure - why else would armans & greeks be here hehehe
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lets load
Estonia
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greeks are roguish toad-spotted callets
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Researcher
France
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The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was founded by several diaspora Armenians in 1975
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Sokanatan
Eindhoven, Netherlands
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craCker
Chicago, IL
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FunFacts
Melbourne, Australia
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# It was in ancient Anatolia that writing was first used by people. # The oldest tin mine in the world has been found in Gφltepe, 60 miles to the south of Tarsus.
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Rogue Leader
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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anatolia is the birthplace of life
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Salamah
Shah Alam, Malaysia
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Sand and stone
Two friends Ismail and Ibrahim were walking through the desert, as the sun was beating down on their heads, and they were thirsty for water they began to argue. The argument got more and more heated and eventually Ismail struck Ibrahim across the face. Ibrahim felt hurt inside, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand: "Today, my best friend slapped me in the face."
They kept on walking, until eventually they came across an oasis, where they decided to stop and bathe. Ibrahim jumped in and began to wash, while Ismail sat back and relaxed. Suddenly Ibrahim began to scream and shout, he had developed a cramp and was having difficulty keeping his head above water, he was drowning.
Ismail dived in after him, and brought him gently to shore. When Ibrahim recovered from the shock, he scratched a message on a nearby stone:
"Today, my best friend saved my life"
Ismail who had saved and slapped his best friend Ibrahim, asked him, "Why, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on a stone?"
Ibrahim, smiled and replied:
"When a friend hurts us, we should write his deeds in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness can blow it away, and when a friend does something good, we should engrave it in stone, where it shall remain for eternity."
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Salamah
Shah Alam, Malaysia
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Here is the story of an Imam who got up after Friday prayers and announced to the people:"I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your pockets."
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Big Boy
Montreal, Canada
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Makes you think long and hard.
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Authority Ali
Melbourne, Australia
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Big Boy wrote: Makes you think long and hard. i dont think long & hard...i already am pmsl hahaha thats so funny
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Researcher
France
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Judged:
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TERRORISM THE DREAM OF A GREATER ARMENIA The Great Armenia has been put forward b the Armenian President Levon Ter Petrosyan. The past and the ideas of Ter Petrosyan, who was born in Aleppo, is based on the principles of the Armenian Communist Party, which was the only political party at the time of USSR / CCCP period.(1) Ter Petrosyan is the chief organiser who has flamed the Nagorno Karabakh matter and the demonstrations that were intensified from 1987 onwards in Armenia. The Nagorno Karabakh Committee which was founded by him in February 1988, for the connecting of Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia after it is separated from Azerbaijan, has changed its name as Armenian National Movement in November 1989. After he won the elections, and within the process of becoming a party, Ter Petrosyan, who collected the majority of the votes, and who was elected as the President Armenian Supreme Soviet on August 1990, has declared the independence of Armenia on August 4, 1990. Armenia has signed the Alma Ata (Almatı) Declaration on December 21, 1991 and then became a member of AGİK (AGİT) and United Nations. In the same period, Armenia has violated the international agreements, its own commitments, Helsinki and AGİT principles and actually invaded the Nagorno Karabakh, which is an autonomous region connected to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Armenia has applied a clear genocide against the Azerbaijani people here, apart from invading.(2) Ter Petrosyan, in his first speech in the 1990 elections, has made the call for the recognition of so-called genocide of 1915 to the international organisations.(3) Ter Petrosyan visited US President Bill Clinton on August 8, 1994 in The White House. The members of the Armenian Church, Priest Rafael Andonyan, Chief Bishop Mesrob Aşηıyan, Chief Bishop Hayag Barsamyan and Chief Bishop Vahe Hovsepyan were present among those who participated the meeting along with the Taşnak Party leaders. Here the weighted subjects that were discussed, were the difficulties shown to Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan, and the recognition of the so called Armenian genocide.(4) The Clinton visit of Ter Petrosyan was attracting attention. Because, such kind of a meeting; was made for the first time within the last 10 years; by an US President. Apart from this, the discussing of the so called genocide in between a President of USA and Armenian leaders has been evaluated as a new situation. FOOTNOTES (1)Armenian Communist Party has changed its name in the year 1993 as Armenian Democratic Party. Claims related to the making the world to accept the independency of Nagorno Karabakh and the claims related to the soils that remain in Turkey; do take place within the ideological properties of the party. (2) Katliam / Massacre (Album), Istanbul 1993; The Tragedy of Nagorno Karabakh, Ankara 1993, p. 13, 15 -* 16, Yankı / Echo, 3. 7. 1995, p. 36. (3) Yankı / Echo, 3. 7. 1995. (4) The Armenian Reporter, 13. 8. 1994
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Fun Facts
Melbourne, Australia
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Did you know Turkey...
* Is known as the Cradle of Civilisation - in fact, many civilisations have been here since before 9000 BC. * Is central to Europe, to Asia, to Russia, and to the Middle East. * Is a long-time member of NATO (since 1952). * Borders 3 major seas - the Black Sea, the Aegean, the Mediterranean. * Was known as Asia Minor; the Asian side of Turkey is known as Anatolia. * Witnessed the first known Human Rights Declaration, in 1463, 485 years before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. * Is where Alexander the Great cut the intricate Gordian knot - literally a phrase used for shortcut to "solving difficult problems". * Is the birthplace of King Midas, who turned everything into gold. * Is where state insurance was first provided for tradesmen who suffered losses before the 13th century. * Has 70% of its population under 35. * Is the original destination of the most celebrated and romantic train, the Orient Express. * Was the center of two of the major empires in history, the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. * Provides 70% of the world's hazelnuts: probably the nut in your chocolate bar was grown in Turkey. * Has a 650-year old covered shopping mall of 64 streets, 3,500 shops, 22 entrances, and 25,000 workers,- the famous Grand Bazaar. * Is the birthplace and home of St. Nicholas - popularly known as Santa Claus. Is the origin of the names of Paris, Philadelphia and Europe.
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David B
UK
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David B
London, UK
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David B wrote: They have no souls. The B stands for bumboy
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Did You Know
Melbourne, Australia
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Ephesus and Halicarnasus (the place for the two of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world) are in Turkey.
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Fast Facts
Melbourne, Australia
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Area Total: 780,580 sq km Water: 9,820 sq km Land: 770,760 sq km Area - Comparative Slightly larger than Texas
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21 Gun Salute
Dallas, TX
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Rogue Leader wrote: anatolia is the birthplace of life Are you saying Turks are the fathers of humanity?
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Turkish Educator
Melbourne, Australia
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» On Black sea region has more then 100 un-named and 200 different endemic plants in flora.
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