Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan Tells Egypt’s Mubarak He Should Listen to His People

[Turborama]

Source: Bloomberg

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to listen to his people, saying the era of governments surviving on repression was over.

“No government can survive against the will of its people,” Erdogan said in an address to his party at the Turkish parliament in Ankara today.

In what he said was both a warning and piece of advice for Mubarak, Erdogan said, “We are all passing, and we will be judged by what we left behind.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-01/erdogan-tells-egypt-s-mubarak-he-should-listen-to-his-people.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. I'm running out of places

to go on holiday.....lol.

Tunisia and Egypt have now gone out the window. Next up Turkey - fingers crossed that stays ok.

[Ghost Dog]

2. Many tourists are diverting to the Canary Islands,

so I read locally. Local hoteliers are enjoying an unexpected boom, to the extent that they are actually able to raise some prices.

Our winter climate is much more balmy that that of the south coast of the Med., for sure.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Thanks for that

:hi:

[Turborama]

4. Are you in the Canaries?

My mother took me on holiday to Las Palmas and we stayed in Tenerife when I was a kid. I think the volcanoes really got to my sub-conscience, as I later emigrated to Indonesia.

[Ghost Dog]

8. Been based here these last more than twenty years, yes.

What's good to see recently is rural, eco-tourism becoming more popular (and hence the environment and rural life being better conserved). Although the beach-side tourist developments are still the driving force of this economy.

Edit: I don't think Turkey has much in common with the Arab world, politically at the moment, either. I enjoyed a brief visit to Istanbul last June, and have enjoyed reading some Turkish history and the novels of Orhan Pamuk for some years now.

The local getaway place to go from here, though, is southern Morocco - for a city break: Marrakech.

[athena]

5. "Next up Turkey"?

Turkey's prime minister makes a statement about the events in Egypt, and you conclude that Turkey is next?

Do you have any idea what kind of government Turkey has? Or did you just assume that since it's in the Middle East, it must also be a dictatorship?

Sheesh.

[JackRiddler]

7. Internet is a funny thing.

If someone in rl was talking about how these damn revolutions are spoiling their vacation plans, you probably wouldn't bother.

[Ghost Dog]

9. It's economically significant, though.

Lots of people's livlihoods depend on the tourist industry in these parts of the world.

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Turborama.