BY METIN SEZINER
TURKIYE- President Abdullah Gul told reporters traveling with him to Pakistan about an incident which he decried. He said that he had received a file for an open rectorship with a note attached to one of the three candidates saying that his wife was wearing a black chador, but that when he got someone to investigate this, they found out that the candidate was actually unmarried. Gul said that he was shocked.
Here is Turkey... Throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick . A rector's qualifications should be knowledge, ability and foresight. Put them aside, slander him . Mercy!
Board of Higher Education (YOK) Chairman Erdogan Tezic denied the allegation. He said they had no interest in rectors' private lives. But he's being inconsistent. It's widely known that in past years scholars were indexed using information from their office boys.
There are plenty of similar examples. The Court of Audit recently did a study of some 140 hospitals. Their findings were a scandal - the hospitals are full of bacteria. Say, `These hospitals must be managed by people wearing black chadors,' then flee .
The equator got to within 260 kilometers of Turkey, so people with black chadors will again be blamed!
The imam leading a funeral for a victim of last week's plane crash in Isparta made people take photos of the victim off the front of the coffin and the mourners' collars. Then certain experts declared that there was no such tradition in either our customs or religion, but recently it became normal and had no religious meaning. It's a circular explanation. Religious topics can't be pulled from both ends. If it's a sin, it's a sin. People who want to will obey, no need to dance around it.
Inflation is over the target. Don't trust inflation. Either his wife or daughter is wearing a black chador!
Turkey should give up its tendency to assault people. This epidemic can be seen in the economy, bureaucracy, and appointments. It's a shame.