Turkish Officials Swap Toilets for Prostitutes
Fri August 8, 2003 10:06 AM ET
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities are investigating 47 village leaders on charges they siphoned money from a toilet-building project to hire prostitutes, a Turkish newspaper reported on Friday.
Dubbed "A Toilet for Every Village," the state-sponsored project provided cement, steel and other supplies to rural areas without proper sewers in poverty-stricken eastern Turkey.
The village leaders allegedly sold the supplies and went to the Black Sea city of Trabzon where they spent the money on foreign prostitutes, the mainstream Hurriyet newspaper said.
Authorities became suspicious when they discovered a spot market in cheap construction materials and found that 47 of the project's 66 villages still lacked toilets.
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Sounds like the projects are a bit more extensive then that.Vympel wrote:Wow, Turkey sure is advanced. One toilet per village huh?
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Wow. Thanks for that mental image.Vorlon1701 wrote:Well, on one hand I have to admire their sheer audacity, but on the other, I have to bitchslap them for being so fucking stupid. I'm sorry, but I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE A CRAP INSIDE A PROSTITUTE!!!
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I suspect that this is a reconstruction project for areas which suffered during the Kurdish revolt.
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There are a number of Japanese language websites that could educate you.Vorlon1701 wrote:Well, on one hand I have to admire their sheer audacity, but on the other, I have to bitchslap them for being so fucking stupid. I'm sorry, but I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE A CRAP INSIDE A PROSTITUTE!!!
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Don't forget that German "scheize" video in the South Park movie that Cartman's mom was in.RedImperator wrote:There are a number of Japanese language websites that could educate you.Vorlon1701 wrote:Well, on one hand I have to admire their sheer audacity, but on the other, I have to bitchslap them for being so fucking stupid. I'm sorry, but I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE A CRAP INSIDE A PROSTITUTE!!!
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You're definitely not German or Japanese, then.Vorlon1701 wrote:Well, on one hand I have to admire their sheer audacity, but on the other, I have to bitchslap them for being so fucking stupid. I'm sorry, but I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE A CRAP INSIDE A PROSTITUTE!!!
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Damn those nasty Kurds for attacking the one toilet in each village.The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I suspect that this is a reconstruction project for areas which suffered during the Kurdish revolt.
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You know that's not what I meant--rather that it's part of the effort to repair areas which suffered in general during the fighting. *snerk* Sheesh.Crown wrote:
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*Sigh*The Duchess of Zeon wrote:You know that's not what I meant--rather that it's part of the effort to repair areas which suffered in general during the fighting. *snerk* Sheesh.Crown wrote:
Damn those nasty Kurds for attacking the one toilet in each village.
Duchess, have you ever been to Turkey? I have. The west of the country (everyting along the coast), is a beautiful landscape and a dotted with spraling metropolises that feature the almost unique arcitecture of anceint Greek/Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman/Muslim influences. Any thing East of that is little better than any other third world Middle Eastern/Muslim country with hardly any resemblence to the West.
And I will point out that this was in the North East (near the Black Sea), not an area that had seen any significant PKK mischief (which was in the South East).
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Actually it just said "eastern Turkey" unless you've seen another article, with no implication on how far they went for prostitutes--possibly pretty far, as Trebizond has a booming prostitution industry with lots of Russian women working in brothels there.Crown wrote:
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And I will point out that this was in the North East (near the Black Sea), not an area that had seen any significant PKK mischief (which was in the South East).
Also, the north-east is very fascinating for a unique mix of cultures in its own right (not to mention that the Pontic shoreline is hardly without its own ruins)--and some cultures which retain pre-christian influences. You're right about the southeast, though.
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You are right, so I was assuming. However I would point out that if they were from the southeastern villages authorities should have become suspicious when they started traveling over 400km away from their local villages. One assumes, that if they were from the south, they would have gone to Anatalya, or Adana, or even Mersin rather than Trabzon.The Duchess of Zeon wrote: Actually it just said "eastern Turkey" unless you've seen another article, with no implication on how far they went for prostitutes--possibly pretty far, as Trebizond has a booming prostitution industry with lots of Russian women working in brothels there.
True, however the north-east is the long way if you are heading for GreeceAlso, the north-east is very fascinating for a unique mix of cultures in its own right (not to mention that the Pontic shoreline is hardly without its own ruins)--and some cultures which retain pre-christian influences. You're right about the southeast, though.
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Turkey really is a country of contrasts. You wouldn't know that you are in the same country if you looked at pictures of the skyscraper-filled Istanbul and some poor rural village in east. There's no way the Turks can even dream of EU membership until they get things running, if ever.
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otter wrote:Vorlon1701 wrote:Well, on one hand I have to admire their sheer audacity, but on the other, I have to bitchslap them for being so fucking stupid. I'm sorry, but I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE A CRAP INSIDE A PROSTITUTE!!!
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Sorry NooB, but Mr. Korr already beat you to that earlier in the thread, for future reference its best to read each post in the thread before before you bust out the little twisted face.
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