So the Germans have voted to recognise the Turkish genocide of the Armenians?

[The Jorge]

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.

Every single moment of it was ****.

Allans, you see.

I watched as an old man in the street noticed my Europeanness, cocked a pretend machine gun, and, like an air guitarist, air shot me down. I fended off scammers, thieves and beggars literally by the dozen.

Stay away, for your physical and mental health.

Presumably you played along and did the juddering impact/"aaaaiiieeeeeeee!" thing when the old man fake shot you.

[Ash]

One starts to wonder whether Erdogan might not take them all the way to the dark side. I must say, my experience of Turkey has always been poor; it's a third world ****hole, populated by savages, masquerading as a bulwark against the Asian Hordes.

They ARE the Asian Hordes, if you're a Macedonian or a Serb living under the Turkish jackboot for hundreds of years.

[Burney]

Presumably you played along and did the juddering impact/"aaaaiiieeeeeeee!" thing when the old man fake shot you.

I do think he ought to have done. All just bantz, really imo.

[Burney]

They ARE the Asian Hordes, if you're a Macedonian or a Serb living under the Turkish jackboot for hundreds of years.

Well actually, the Turkic tribes they were the Asian hordes when they got to the middle east.

[Ash]

Sure, back in the 90s maybe. Stamford Bridge is the new now for that sort of thing.

This never stops being funny. The care. The preparation. The planning. The spelling.

[The Jorge]

I do think he ought to have done. All just bantz, really imo.

Rude if you ask me, when in Byzantine and all that

[The Jorge]

This never stops being funny. The care. The preperation. The planning. The spelling.

Indeed, never forget

[7sisters]

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.

Every single moment of it was ****.

Allans, you see.

I watched as an old man in the street noticed my Europeanness, cocked a pretend machine gun, and, like an air guitarist, air shot me down. I fended off scammers, thieves and beggars literally by the dozen.

Stay away, for your physical and mental health.

I wonder how they're fareing with the whole human rights and equality legislation in their attempts to join the EU.
It's been a few years since my Effesus and Pamukkale jaunt but the sight of young girls making rugs with their bruised fingers, the dancing bears, open trucks passing by with the blokes in the cabin while the women were shoehorned in amongst the sheep in the trailer. The second hand treatment and general disdain for the Kurds. The lack of any meaningful roadside barriers around mountain roads.. OK, I'll stop there...

[7sisters]

Indeed, never forget

What do they have against Eddie Izzard ?

[redgunamo]

What do they have against Eddie Izzard ?

He's a Crystal Palace fan, I think.