The Greek Education and Culture Attach\u00e9 in Istanbul, Stauros Gioltzoglou, in a shot at Germans who want Greeks to work harder \u2013 although statistics show they work more than their German counterparts already \u2013 said there\u2019s more to life than just work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre we here in this world just to work?\u201d he asked and continued saying \u201cWe live for 60-70 years, at most 80 years, let\u2019s say\u201d, to complain about the lack of leisure time in today\u2019s society. According to a press statement from the University, while criticizing Germans he said: \u201cGermans say Greeks are lazy. They work 330 days and come to our country on vacation for 30 days. Will I work for bankers? Where else could I find a pleasure like drinking a coffee with a Turkish friend on the Bosphorus?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As hurriyetdailynews reports, Mr. Gioltzoglou wasn\u2019t ready to comment regarding that the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a \u201chate figure\u201d in Greece because of the tough austerity measures imposed on Greece in return for promised loans and debt relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome 120,000 people demonstrated in Greece when Gen. Kenan Evren staged a coup in 1980. Democracy in the grass roots of Greece\u201d, the Greek Attach\u00e9 said regarding the strikes and the demonstrations organized by the Greek people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stauros Gioltzoglou referred to his surname origins, saying that it comes from his grandfather in the northern city of Samsun, who had migrated during a population exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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