Orhan Pamuk Quotes About War

• The bloody years of war and all the atrocities in European history have taught the Europeans that secular politics free of religious hatred is mainly a question of peace. This concept is not anchored in the same way in the consciousness of Turks, which has to do with the fact that the secular was forced upon us by the army.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Religious, War, Army

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

• If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has done on civil societies in these countries, then in 10 years they would have wonderful results.

  Orhan Pamuk

  País, Guerra, Iraq

• Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars.

  Orhan Pamuk

  War, Earthquakes, Lost

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

• Cuando Turquía empezó a acercarse a la UE, no fui el único al que le preocupaba que la mancha oscura de la historia de Turquía -o más bien la historia del Imperio Otomano- pudiera convertirse en un problema algún día. Es decir, lo que les ocurrió a los armenios en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Por eso no podía dejar el tema sin tocar.

  Orhan Pamuk

  War, Dark, Turkeys

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