Erdogan to be Time's person of the year?
Time Magazine has announced the candidates for its Person of the Year award in the magazine's final issue of the year. The leading candidate is Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan, who is praised for "his courage to challenge both Israel and the United States" (Hat Tip: Gershon D). The editors explained their choice of candidates in a special page devoted to each individual. "When an Israeli raid on an activists' flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza caused an international outcry, it was no surprise that the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, had something to say," Time wrote.Time has asked its readers to vote.
"Turkish aid groups had been part of the flotilla, after all, but his rebuke of Israel was notable because of his refusal to tiptoe diplomatically around the issue."
The editors added, "His rhetorical takedown of Israel, which he repeatedly accused of 'inhumane state terrorism,' was particularly striking given Ankara's history of warm relations with Israel and the US."
Time editors are not alone – Erdogan has won more than 120,000 of readers' votes thus far. Lagging far behind in second place is pop-phenomenon Lady Gaga with only 80,000 votes.Isn't he lovely? Personally, maybe I'll go vote for Palin.
The third spot is currently occupied by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with 65,000 votes.
The current top 10 candidates include comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and US President Barack Obama.
Labels: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Time Magazine
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:05 PM
1 Comments:
Hitler made it too. I don't know what he was praised for, though. Probably courage for standing up to someone or other.
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