lundi 27 avril 2009
A kind of logic in this
jeudi 23 avril 2009
This national day (23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day) in Turkey is a unique event. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, dedicated April 23 to the children of the country to emphasize that they are the future of the new nation.
It was on April 23, 1920, during the War of Independence, that the Grand National Assembly met in Ankara and laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular, and modern republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Following the defeat of the Allied invasion forces on September 9, 1922 and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923, Ataturk started his task of establishing the institutions of the new state. Over the next eight years, Ataturk and his followers adopted sweeping reforms to create a modern Turkey, divorced from her Ottoman past. In unprecedented moves, he dedicated the sovereignty day to the children and entrusted in the hands of the youth the protection of this sovereignty and independence.
FROM THE CHILDREN OF TURKEY TO THE WORLD’S CHILDREN
On that first Children’s Day back in 1929, the children of Ankara tramped through the streets of the capital singing marches. The first ‘children’s ball and afternoon tea’ was held at the Ankara Palas hotel with Atatürk himself in attendance. In Istanbul, too, children gathered around the monument on Taksim Square for a long march to the accompaniment of the Navy Band. Children’s plays and other entertainments were staged at the Tepebaşı Theater. Then, in 1935, the celebrations of national sovereignty and of the nation’s children were combined in ‘National Sovereignty and Children’s Day’. When the United Nations declared 1979 ‘The Year of the World’s Children’, an organization was put together by Turkish State Radio and Television (TRT) aimed at encompassing all the world’s children. The first TRT International 23rd April Children’s Festival was celebrated in Turkey in 1979 with the participation of five other countries: the Soviet Union, Iraq, Italy, Rumania and Bulgaria. Now the festival is held annually with the participation of children from approximately fifty countries. The festivals, which were held in the capital Ankara from 1979 to 2000, have spread today to all the major cities including Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya.Invited by the children of Turkey, some twenty thousand children from 100 different countries have taken part in these festivals up to now.
Every year, the children in Turkey celebrate this "Sovereignty and Children's Day" as a national holiday. Schools participate in week-long ceremonies marked by performances in all fields in large stadiums watched by the entire nation. Among the activities on this day, the children send their representatives to replace state officials and high ranking bureaucrats in their offices. The President, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Ministers, provincial governors all turn over their positions to children's representatives. These children, in turn, sign executive orders relating to educational and environmental policies. On this day, the children also replace the parliamentarians in the Grand National Assembly and hold a special session to discuss matters concerning children's issues.
Over the last two decades, the Turkish officials have been working hard to internationalize this important day. Their efforts resulted in large number of world states' sending groups of children to Turkey to participate in the above stated festivities. During their stay in Turkey, the foreign children are housed in Turkish homes and find an important opportunity to interact with the Turkish kids and learn about each other's countries and cultures. The foreign children groups also participate in the special session of the Grand National Assembly. This results in a truly international Assembly where children pledge their commitment to international peace and brotherhood.
The importance of April 23 as a special day of children has been recognized by the international community. UNICEF decided to recognize this important day as the International Children's Day.
Source : article distributed to the guests of the first April 23 Children's Day on University of Missouri-Columbia Campus, which was organized by the Turkish Students' Association in April, 1992 + completed with other sources
mardi 21 avril 2009
Occupation
http://www.poica.org/index.php
of villages living
around fields is destroyed


Settlements which are constructed on sources of life and ressources of living, a human past and a capital like, simply, beauty of the land
It's not only soil that disappears
a way of life
cultures, trees
it's a culture, People
flesh, blood
laughters that disappear

like little Ahmed, (see older posts)
is dead because he didn't want this Red Line, this wall
le petit Ahmed (voir les posts anciens)
est décédé parce qu'il refusait cette ligne rouge,
ce mur !!!
Ce n'est pas seulement le sol palestinien qui disparaît. Mais leurs dos brisé, sans cesse, leurs rêves, leur milieu et leur façon de vivre.
La situation est invivable.
En orgue ou figues de barbaries, comme le dire en musique, en mots, en notes ?
lundi 20 avril 2009
Every one, one too much

in french by internationals present
dimanche 19 avril 2009
From one 2 two
August 2001, the world is a shame, Durban passes and goes ...................
.April 2009, the world
c is a shitty place
c is a fucking sad place
c is more than a shame
c is a bloody fucking shitty place
c ........................
Once again their choice is clear :
ignore the FACTS
vendredi 3 avril 2009
Bus STOP
jeudi 2 avril 2009
Big step
mercredi 1 avril 2009
Another Tuvalu
L'archipel de Palestine orientale
In better quality, legends and explanations... (meilleure qualité)
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
Carte imaginée et produite par Julien Bousac à partir de documents fournis par le Bureau de coordination pour les affaires humanitaires dans les territoire palestiniens occupés et B'Tselem.
Toutes les zones de Cisjordanie aux mains d'Israël ont été transformées en mer.
Ile de la Grande Palestine, Ile aux Oliviers, Ile du Nord, Ile aux Moutons, Ile d'Hbron ...
Avec ses canaux
Avec ses lignes maritimes aléatoires reliant les différentes îles
Avec ses codes touristiques et ses nombreuses plages en "zones sous surveillance"
Avec ses quelques taches de zones urbaines
Inutile de préciser la présence de requins, courants violents, bourrasques destructrices.A trouver dans "l’Atlas 2009 du Monde diplomatique" intitulé Un monde à l’envers (196 pages, 14 euros)
Note about the paper published just before... April's fool...
To imagine children, families, youngsters, young women dreaming of getting married, having a life, young men dreaming of a future, older people, elders who saw so much, some of them born in refugee camps, seing their sons, daughters, grandsons in conditions even worse...
To imagine all these people in the hands of such fools
Fools who benefits of the "social, information... rupture" how was it called ?
To imagine such fools representing the people who could use their useless brains
To imagine all these people in the hands of such fools representing a kind of idiotic opinion
To imagine so many States who could act for these people, all this in the hands of this silly opinion
it's such a level of craziness that I really wonder if some day, the world will arise and make the waters retire themselves from this place.
Upside down - Fool's day - fool play

g shaaaaaaalom ~ =Dlong live israel~ ISRAEL FOREVER~
g (avatar :Jesus)
I am praying for Israel, and it's people..Pray for all our nations, that we love one another as commanded by God. Then stand in His showers of blessings beyond our wildest dreams. Hold hands to all Nations and let Gods blessings flow."Your people are my people, and your God my God."Ruth 1:16
g (3500 years persecution trip)
g on deir yassin hand's were blood of over the 100 man murdered in suicide bombers attacks. he got what he deserved mudafucka i hope he is in hell for a long time.
g Why do YOU worship terrorists?Remember Deir Yassin, remember Lydda, remember Ad Dawayima, remember Sabra&Shatila, remember the bloodbaths in Lebanon 2006 and Gaza 2009! Even schoolkids know who's the real terrorists here! What you've been doing to Arabs for 6 decades now simply DWARFS anything they ever did to you!
