What could be Turkeys most frequent nightmare?
Of course it would be [Treaty of] Sèvres paranoia. Internal and external enemies will divide us. They were not able to do it at that time but they have not forgotten this goal. They have only one aim, to divide us. Actually, in the past, there was such a situation. Now, although this is not the situation, the sovereign political culture has chosen traumas and victories. Any nationalistic discourse has founding myths — in Turkish nationalism, the founder myths are Sèvres and the Independence War. … Sèvres syndrome is there to be remembered at once with the national struggle during the Independence War. The indispensable part of the Serves syndrome is reflexes like “we should be on alert, we should defeat our enemies” and that if necessary we should not hesitate to do violent acts like slaughter missionaries, expel Kurds and so on. How is Turkey’s attitude toward “others,” foreigners. Does Turkey like them? Turks are very hospitable as long as the guests act like guests. But it has to
