Comments for Rumeli Observer http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver I live in Rumeli Hisari. It is from here, the very edge of the European landmass, that I observe the world. Some of these observations I will share on this blog as a Open Society Fellow. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 Comment on A Turkish weekend by Rumeli Observer - ESI http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2008/03/16/a-turkish-weekend/#comment-66 Rumeli Observer - ESI Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:53:08 +0000 http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2008/03/16/a-turkish-weekend/#comment-66 [...] days ago I wrote about a series of strange and shocking events - murders, rumours of military coups and political conspiracies - that have made headlines in [...] […] days ago I wrote about a series of strange and shocking events - murders, rumours of military coups and political conspiracies - that have made headlines in […]

]]> Comment on Looking like a swan (Budapest) by Zeynep http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2007/12/17/looking-like-a-swan-budapest/#comment-31 Zeynep Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:06:30 +0000 http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2007/12/17/looking-like-a-swan-budapest/#comment-31 Dear Gerald, Thanks for this outspoken and insightful entry. Having worked for a Turkish "think-tank" (that turned out to be rather a representative body of business elites), I truly wonder how a "think-tank" can exist independently and if it succeeds to be its own boss, how it defines its priority areas in each country and develops its reports accordingly. I am looking forward to reading the upcoming installments. All the best for 2008 and with more swan wisdom! Dear Gerald,

Thanks for this outspoken and insightful entry.

Having worked for a Turkish “think-tank” (that turned out to be rather a representative body of business elites), I truly wonder how a “think-tank” can exist independently and if it succeeds to be its own boss, how it defines its priority areas in each country and develops its reports accordingly.

I am looking forward to reading the upcoming installments.

All the best for 2008 and with more swan wisdom!

]]> Comment on Understanding the Austrian Psyche I by Sylvia Hordosch http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2007/12/15/understanding-the-austrian-psyche-i/#comment-29 Sylvia Hordosch Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:54:42 +0000 http://www.esiweb.org/rumeliobserver/2007/12/15/understanding-the-austrian-psyche-i/#comment-29 I really enjoy reading your blogs, Gerald. It's true we know very little about each other in Europe. I was once asked by a French woman if we get snow in Austria! What I'd be interested in is whether schools teach contemporary European issues and what they teach. They certainly didn't at my time (granted a while back)! My high school history class (in Carinthia) ended with World War I and our "brave defense" against evil Yugoslavia. Sylvia I really enjoy reading your blogs, Gerald.

It’s true we know very little about each other in Europe. I was once asked by a French woman if we get snow in Austria! What I’d be interested in is whether schools teach contemporary European issues and what they teach. They certainly didn’t at my time (granted a while back)! My high school history class (in Carinthia) ended with World War I and our “brave defense” against evil Yugoslavia.

Sylvia

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