Fireworks explode over Ali Sami Yen Stadium as Turkey fans celebrate their team's win over Bosnia in their Euro 2008 Group C qualifying soccer match in Istanbul November 21, 2007. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas

After a miserable game against Bosnia and after an unsteady performance all over the qualifying process, Turkey qualifies for the next summer's European tournament. I don't know why all those people in charge of Turkish football are so happy. In one of the easiest groups, they had to wait until the last moment and only after Bosnia's "merciful" play, they could maintain the winnning score...I don't know I am not that happy. I was only happy to see how "national consciousness" actually occurs. During the game, I crossed the Bosphorus (from Mecidiyeköy), then drove back to Fatih in half an hour. Well, for those who know what this means, it is a record. People were all watching the game and there was no traffic. I began to imagine in what other times, I could cross the bridge in such a fast way? Anyway, credits goes to the national cause:)

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It is not merely political parties that need to draw lessons from the past. The DTP should also start examining itself.

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Washington Quarterly:

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