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istanbullu cok guzel bi noktaya deginmis... Somurgecilikten zengin olanlar ve olmayanlar... Ingiltere cepten yiyo... yiyo yiyo bitmiyo masallah... amerika zaten somurgecilik yapiyo su an... Fransa cepten yiyo... Yazik Almanya, garibim, essek gibi calisiyo adamlar, dunyanin en buyuk ihracat ulkesi 800-900milyar dolar civarlarinda yanlis hatirlamiyosam, adamlar hala ekonomik problemlerle savasiyolar. amerika'nin almanyanin ihracati kadar dis ticaret acigi var, bana misin demiyo... Ingilterenin parasi almanyadan daha degerli... Italya da Almanya'nin yandan yemisi... O yuzden calismak zorundalar, uretmek zorundalar, kazandiklarini alin teriyle kazanmak zorundalar... Bizim icin de ayni sey gecerli, buyumemiz o yuzden sancili olyo... Araplar gibi petrol cikmadi ki, etrafimizda zengin komsular mi var? Siyasi olarak icten ve distan rahat birakildik mi? Ne yaptiysa Turkiye tirnaklariyla kaziyarak yapiyo, o yuzden yavas ama saglam geliyo... Arap'in elinden al petrolu bakim, ertesi sene milli gelirleri Afganistanin altina iner (BAE'yi bu ise katmiyom, onlarin kafasi nispeten calisiyo, hatta fazla calisyo).
Biz turkler keyfimize duskunuz arkadaslar, oole cok calisim bill gates gibi olim dicek adam pek cikmaz bizde... bence yani... Hani soole ii para kazandi mi adam, oooh, alir bebek'te villasini, ceker altina bi jaguar, audi A8 falan, yatar keyfine bakar... bence misss gibi bi hayat anlayisi bu... boole olmali... almanlar gibi zengin olcam die onlar gibi robot olcaksam, zengin olmak istemiyom... iste bu yuzden turkiye 20bin dolarin ustunu zor gorur... 20bin dolari gorduk mu herkes bmw, mercedes kullanmaya baslar, yatirimlar durur...
Aslinda bu konuda Gaziantep ile ilgili bi arastirma okumustum. Antep gayet sanayilesmis bi sehir, ama buyuk sirket cikmiyo, sirketler hep cok hizli bi sekilde bi noktaya kadar buyuyo ve orda donup kaliyo... Sebebini arastirmislar adamlar, sebep dediim gibi adamlarin "yeter abisi bu kadar" deyip ev, araba alip zengin hayat surmesi, yatirim yerine... Komik milletiz, cok eelenceliyiz ama...
Benim ODTU'den bi hocam kucuk-orta olcekli sanayicilerle bi arastirma projesi baslatmisti... Kendi anlatyodu bana, kriz zamani adamdan yilda 3000 dolar gibi cuzi bi para istiyomus, adam "ya krizdeyiz hocam, kusura bakma, perisan olduk, olduk bittik" diyip ucak buyukluundeki mercedesine binip gidiyomus... Hocamda bana sikayet etyodu, "adamin arabasinin benzin masrafi yilda 3000dolardan fazladir" die... "Bizim Turk milleti aglamayi cok sever" die de ekliyodu...
Neyseki acik goruslu is adamlari ile guzel isler cikardi bu hoca ve bunu goren krizdeki mercedes kullanicilari da ise sarildilar, paranin kokusunu aldilar tabii...

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I don't totally agree with that... For the current situation of Turkey, it shouldn't be the focus to discover everything once again, yet the focus should be "to learn what is known by other countries and improve them"... For this purpose, sending students and researchers to developed countries is definetely beneficial... These people are like the agents who would bring the knowledge back to the homeland... The point is that Turkey should try to attract these people back to the country...
Again a story out of my memory... When I decided to go to the University of Michigan, I was feeling bad, because I was feeling as if I am abandoning my country and university. I was complaining about myself to my professors at ODTU. These professors are usually quite nationalist and patriotic, but their answers were very surprising for me... They said exactly this; "You should go... go and learn and bring the knowledge back. You and people like you will be our face there, your successes will be our advertisements, you are representing a country there... If people like you, they will like Turkey, if people think you are successful, they will think Turks are good engineers etc. If you get into business or research etc. there, you will give jobs to turkey, or people who know you will colloborate with Turkey. You will basically be our connection with these developed countries. If you stay here, we will be able to provide you limited resources for your development, you are going to a place with virtually unlimited resources, and you will benefit, so will we... The only thing is that you should always keep your country on top and never loose your Turkish identity"
It was very interesting moment for me...

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Cok guzel tespitler

Kultur farki, adam benim sirketim dunya capinda olsun, birgun Paris te ertesi gun Tokyo da toplantilara katilayim diye hayal kurmuyor ki isini kurarken; dedigin gibi Mercedesim olsun guzel bir karim olsun yeter diyor onlar olunca da sukur diyip duruyor. Bu da vizyon eksikligi tabii.

Birde bati dunyasinda para cok buyuk bir olcut, 10 milyonu olan (veya o olcude bir sirketi yoneten) kendini 100 milyonu olana gore fakir hissediyor, Turkiyede bu boyle degil mesela.

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Another thing about sending people to foreign countries...
I was listening to the CEO of Hyundai in Turkey. He said "don't be afraid of brain immigration (beyin gocu demek istiyom ). It is not something bad, encourage it." Everybody was sooo surprised to hear this... Anyway, he continued and explained why... He said "The same happened in S. Korea. All the students were going out of the country for education, because we didn't have enough resources to provide a competitive education. A lot of valuable people went to foreign countries, became professors, managers, CEOs etc. At the moment when S. Korea's economy got slightly better and able to offer good opportunities to these people, all of these people rushed back into S. Korea, they were full with experience and knowledge, and so, we instantly achieved such a high knowledge and experience level that other countries worked really hard and achieved in decades. So, we did not start from scratch, in contrast we were already close to the developed countries' level, thanks to these people"

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valla mertcim, ben de ooleyim... Yani guzel evim olsun, soole istanbulda bogaz sirtlarinda, guzel bi arabam olsun, soole tatile gittiimde, restorana gittiimde rahat olacak kadar param olsun, guzel bi karim olsun, baska bisi istemem, hayatimi yasarim... Yada karim olmasin, kiz arkadasim olsun... en azindan simdilik...