Friday, 12 March 2010
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (L) welcomes Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug (R) at the Presidential Palace in Ankara February 25, 2010. Turkey's political and military leaders meet on Thursday as a storm gathers over a coup plot investigation against the armed forces which is threatening stability and investor confidence in the EU-candidate country. Photo: REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout
While Turkey’s PM Used a Meeting of Parliamentarians to Re-explain his Extraordinary Attack on Turkish Journalists, Many in the Turkish Media Say they Understood his Meaning Perfectly.
We are all misunderstood at one time or another. What we say is sometimes misconstrued by those around us, who may hear our words differently to what was originally intended.
Politicians, however, use the defense of “being misconstrued” a little differently to the rest of us, and on many occasions it means little more than:
“I’m surprised by the strong reaction to my words and I would like to rephrase them to diffuse the situation and hopefully move the 24-hour news ...
