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Spiritum Aeternum; or The Ramshackle Monster Hunters

Always nice to see posts.

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GourmetItalia said On a side note, I just wanted to let you know that I am closing this story down due to certain personal issues

GourmetItalia said I'm just kidding! Didn't want to scare y'all to death and I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

Also, this guy is now the canonical picture of Korkud in a good mood.

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This reminds me the video of a guy who shot himself in the head because he spilled milk all over his shirt while drinking it.

Spiritum Aeternum; or The Ramshackle Monster Hunters

I'm still here, and I'd rather if the RP continued.

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7achary said @Pelk: I was always curious, what's the national bird of Turkey?

Wikipedia says it's the Redwing, but it also says citation needed. I don't think we have a national bird, tbh.

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GourmetItalia said That doesn't sound reassuring or acceptable, progress related. Education is a huge reward if aggressively and properly pursued. I can't verify all claims, but you seem to know a great deal more than I so on my end, it sounds very unfortunate to hear about what seems to be stagnation in reliable specialists within many Turkish nationals. The one mark of progress within a nation stems from the educated work force and the country's own self sufficient qualities. If a nation's own local citizens are filling the work force and conducting the majority of the nation's specialized fields, that goes a long ways, both in costs and in maintaining sustainable infrastructure. I can only hope that Turkey's future generations will continually improve the country's economic, educational, and infrastructural foundations.I would like to ask, though. What good and meritable achievements have the Turks yielded within the past 40 or 50 years?

Despite all the bad stuff going on, we've produced a lot of incredibly good literature and poetry in my opinion. Also, some excellent historians. Though we've been running short on those for the last 20-30 years. Some good music, too. But only some.

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GourmetItalia said That's very unfortunate to hear about Turkey and though I can't verify everything, the situation in Turkey does sound intolerable. I've certainly read about protests, conflicts with the PKK, the notorious hacker population, and other news, but ... on a side note, Turkey has come a long way since their early - mid 20th century Modernization efforts. It's good to know that the Turkish Armed Forces, Infrastructure, Educational Institutions, and Police Brigades are several shades better than their Southern Neighbors with the possible exception of Iran. Still, I don't know enough about your country to verify Turkey's strengths as a country. It does seem like there's much work to be done to improve the existing infrastructure.

Most of the things that would allow for long-term investments were put down for rather obnoxious reasons. There was a plane designer who got support from Atatürk but got put down by İnönü after Atatürk's death, and had to use his own financial investments to build planes. He was banned from testing planes, even in his own private property. There were village institutes to educate the village people to enhance socio-cultural progress. It was shut down because of 'promoting Communism' by a Prime Minister who used Islam to get votes while banging the wives of his subordinates. In actuality, it was shut down because it was a thorn in the landlords' side as they didn't want educated people who could stop working for them (Guess what? The Prime Minister was a landlord too!). Now the country's completely dependent on other countries, with ignorant people who don't even know the basics of the religion they fervently defend. It's like Medieval times.

As a whole, the country's turned down so many opportunities it's no surprise that it's a cesspool, a swamp waiting to get dried out.

Spiritum Aeternum; or The Ramshackle Monster Hunters

Most of the population does not want Kurdistan, and it just would add insult to the injury for most people. The guy who burns down your schools, throws molotovs at your homes, kills your children, gets to have his stuff accepted. While I believe the current government wouldn't mind it, it still would cause very large uproar (despite the president being seen as a godlike figure by a large percent of the population).

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The New Yorker said
There has to be some way to reconcile between the PKK and the Turks. Is it strictly geopolitical or are there strands of religious hatred as well?

Not much in the name of religious hatred. I don't think anybody cares about what your beliefs are when you're just burning down their schools and killing their relatives.

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GourmetItalia said
That's very interesting, Peik, Fern; I've always had the presumption that travelling through the Middle East would most likely result in one's kidnapping or injury unless the nation's more modernized like Turkey or Israel. Of course, I'm not familiar with the day to day news within either countries other than the Palestinian, Kurdish, and ISIS conflicts so aside from the reports about the PKK and the border mobilizations, I had no idea that Turkey's inner stability was taking a sharper turn.Tourist trap-ish locations are a given since they exist in just about every part of the world, but sheesh, I'd at least thought the costs of living and commodities would be lower in Turkey than in other first world countries. Glad you made it back home, Fern, and if you enjoyed the vacation, that's all to the better! For many individuals, money seems like its tight these days and unless you're rich, seems like vacationing's an added blessing. I myself haven't had the opportunity to travel to Israel or Turkey like you Peik, Fern; and judging from the recent developments, I don't imagine I'll embarking on any Turkish sabbaticals in the next two to four decades.Regarding character sheet matters, Of course, this is very minor, Nevis; but if you could put spaces inbetween Uriel's biography paragraphs since the word clusters are a bit hard on on the eyes. Afterwards, Uriel's debut and perspective will bring a unique spin to the plot alongside our existing protagonist badasses 8)

Currently Turkey is the leading country in Europe when it comes to inequality of income - about 80 percent of the country's total wealth-income-money-whatever is held by 10 percent of the population. One part of the country has people buy random and expensive stuff for fun while another part has people killing themselves because they couldn't heat their children or bring food home. We also use the world's most expensive fuel, and pay the taxes of those who leak electric to their houses from electric lines. The government is actively using religion, or if that doesn't work, batons and tear gas to keep people down.

The people are incredibly hostile against each other because of politics, life's expensive, everything is breaking down, and all we're getting is 'Don't test our patience' from the government officials. Those who should enforce the law are instead breaking it. It's like a bloody nightmare.