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ragged and unkempt

Turkish translation: bakımsız ve pasaklı

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English term or phrase:	ragged and unkempt
Turkish translation:	bakımsız ve pasaklı
Entered by:	foghorn

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13:56 Aug 10, 2009

English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - History

English term or phrase: ragged and unkempt

For Morgenthau, the Turk is "psychologically primitive" (p.236) and a "bully and a coward" who can be "brave as a lion when things are going his way, but cringing, abject, and nerveless when reverses are overwhelming him" (p. 275)*. According to the Ambassador, the Turks "like most primitive peoples, wear their emotions on the surface" (p.195) and that the "basic fact underlying the Turkish mentality is its utter contempt for other races" (p. 276). Morgenthau describes the Turks variously as "inarticulate, ignorant, and poverty-ridden slaves" (p. 13), "barbarous" (p.147), "brutal" (p.149), "ragged and unkempt" (p. 276), and "parasites" (p.280). The Ambassador's unabashed hatred of all things Turkish leads him to make the following observation: "The descendants of Osman hardly resemble any people I have ever known. They do not hate, they do not love; they have no lasting animosities or affections. They only fear" (p.99).

http://www.theturkishtimes.com/archive/03/0503/op-artun.html