Orhan Tarhan Archive

  • President Obama requested that we, the citizens, suggest ideas of change for him to consider. This is a response to that request. Former president George W. Bush made many decisions...

    AMERICAN INTERESTS IN TURKEY

    President Obama requested that we, the citizens, suggest ideas of change for him to consider. This is a response to that request. Former president George W. Bush made many decisions...

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  • Last articles on the cost of universities have generated considerable interest on elementary, middle, and high school education. I wrote four articles on this subject since the beginning of these...

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION?

    Last articles on the cost of universities have generated considerable interest on elementary, middle, and high school education. I wrote four articles on this subject since the beginning of these...

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  • My last LETTER titled “Making American Universities Affordable” stirred a great deal of interest. I received four good comments. Because I want this subject better thought and researched, I decided...

    MAKING AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE -2-

    My last LETTER titled “Making American Universities Affordable” stirred a great deal of interest. I received four good comments. Because I want this subject better thought and researched, I decided...

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  • It was reported on December 3, 2008 in the media that the costs of the universities have been rising at more than twice the rate as the cost of living....

    MAKING AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE

    It was reported on December 3, 2008 in the media that the costs of the universities have been rising at more than twice the rate as the cost of living....

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  • Turkey is a “laic” republic. Laic is not the same thing as “secular”. Turkey has no national religion. Its constitution does NOT say that “Turkey’s religion is Islam”, although 98...

    WHAT THE OBAMA GOVERNMENT MUST STRAIGHTEN UP – 2

    Turkey is a “laic” republic. Laic is not the same thing as “secular”. Turkey has no national religion. Its constitution does NOT say that “Turkey’s religion is Islam”, although 98...

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  • On November 4 the Democrats have won a big victory and a sort of mandate to straighten up the mess left from the Bush presidency and from the Bush years....

    WHAT THE OBAMA GOVERNMENT MUST STRAIGHTEN UP

    On November 4 the Democrats have won a big victory and a sort of mandate to straighten up the mess left from the Bush presidency and from the Bush years....

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  • This article discusses how one decides for whom to vote. Every voter oat to have some basic principles on how the government should be run. I believe that a government...

    HOW TO VOTE IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS?

    This article discusses how one decides for whom to vote. Every voter oat to have some basic principles on how the government should be run. I believe that a government...

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  • Problems and crises must be solved all the way to their roots, not superficially. Otherwise, they will recur with a vengeance. I do not see this being done in the...

    T H E R O O T O F T H E C R I S I S

    Problems and crises must be solved all the way to their roots, not superficially. Otherwise, they will recur with a vengeance. I do not see this being done in the...

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  • Turkey and Greece were invited at the same time to join the Common Market, which later became the European Union (EU).  Greece accepted the invitation and is now one of...

    TURKEY, EUROPE, THE MILITARY, AND THE SECULARISTS

    Turkey and Greece were invited at the same time to join the Common Market, which later became the European Union (EU).  Greece accepted the invitation and is now one of...

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