For the last two days I am traumatized. I avoid spending money on any Turkey related products or services. But a couple of days ago I went to a Turkish restaurant. In our town there are only a handful of places where you can get normal (read Middle Eastern) food and one of them is a Turkish owned one.
It resembled the Simpsons scene where Homer eats Pinchy - he is sad and yet enjoys the food.
I don't believe it's wrong to eat at a Turkish restaurant or buy Turkish goods, in fact. There's a difference after all between a State and it's people.
ReplyDeleteFor example, earlier tonight I was drinking with a Turk visiting Armenia through a friend of mine. Perfectly normal, liberal guy but from Turkey, that's all.
Now, I wouldn't drink with a Turkish fascist perhaps, and actually I don't particularly like drinking with Armenian or any other fascist in fact, but you get my point.
Personally I wish there were some decent Greek or Turkish restaurants in Yerevan as I love the food :-)
Isn't it possible that a portion of my money given to them may end up aiding anti-Armenian propaganda? That's my main concern; if some of the money is sent to Turkey as remittance, and a portion of it is paid as tax, it will end up in the hands of the Turkish government. A few dollars from me do not really matter but in aggregate it does matter.
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