This blog is initiated by Hans A.H.C. de Wit, a Dutch living in Istanbul with co-bloggers from Turkey, Greece, the Netherlands, India and the USA. Writing about: politics, cultures, religions, art, daily life, communications, etc. Enjoy! And...At least one post a day!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Turkish government shameles interference in foreign politics.
In a shameless speech in Turkey for 1.500 politicians of Turkish descent from all over the world, the Turkish PM minister Erdogan, well known for his double standards, racism, kamikaze politics spoke the following words: ''Turks living abroad sould not integrate but be more active representing Turkey''.
You can read the article here. Good to know that some Turkish-German politicians were outraged. Anyway, Erdogan became a clown, a dangerous clown who makes every day headlines all over Europe. And it's time that Milli Gürus and the Grey Wolves active in the Netherlands are prosecuted for money laundering, drugs and women trafficing and a lot more crimes.
Is Amsterdam ready for a new metro?

In the 1970s when the first metro line was laid in the Dutch capital, it was all much easier. The town council just demolished all the buildings above the line. They had to put up with a few riots first, mind you. Since then any plans to modernise the metropolitan’s transport system underground were put on hold. That was until a “magic drill” built metro lines in Japan and Germany. In the 1990s, the North-South line found its way back onto the municipal agenda and Amsterdammers voted in favour of the project in a referendum.
But it all went horribly wrong in 2008 when subsidence damaged a number of listed buildings close to the construction site. As a result, public confidence in the project is low. In the last local elections, anti-metro party Save Amsterdam won a seat on the local council. Residents along some parts of the line will be put up in hotels during construction work. Amsterdam’s best known department store De Bijenkorf tried to postpone the drilling until more research could be done.
However, in spite of all the risks and misgivings, drilling is going ahead. The builders of the North-South Line say they are confident nothing will go wrong. But just in case, they have had the drill blessed and a statue of Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners and tunnel diggers, guards the entrance to the tunnel shaft. So fingers crossed then! Not while biking!!!
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