Christian and Muslim Dreams Of Empire: Turkey and Holland 08.03 [EN]
Thanks to Google Reader, I found this post in the Fistful Of Euros Blog:
Dreams of empire (plus bleg for our Turkish readers)
from A Fistful Of Euros by Guy La Roche
Via Dutch weblog Sargasso.
Somebody in Turkey [?, HR] posted the following video to YouTube:
This was picked up by Sargasso and one of their Dutch readers posted the following response:
Totally inane, of course, but I think it is rather amusing.
And now my bleg for our Turkish readers. Is the YouTube video Great Türkic State
a spoof or is there something more serious, as in juvenile fantasies,
behind it?
Unfortunately, I cannot read the comments to the vid, hence
the question.
I know of Turkish nationalism, but I cannot believe this
would extend to… China.
Well, Guy, the 15 comments on Sargasso by Dutch readers (updated up to 08.03.08, 18:06) are as reserved, ironic and humoristic as your comment is. #03 "Bismarck" says (07.03.08, 22:01) [translation]: "When I was 10 years old, I had the same kind of fantasies. I extended our territories and made a forceful power (or powers) occupy all territories available." 26 Minutes later (#04), he points to a similar imperial fantasy on YouTube, this time Serbo-Russian.
For readers who are interested in subconscious and half-conscious Dutch imperial dreams,