Lebanon: trip-tics (2)

As you know, France is the country that exploits 14 countries that make up 60 percent of Africa. Established in 1970, the International Francophone Organization has 88 states and governments members. Of these members, 54 are full members, 7 are partial members, and 27 are observer members. It is also known that Britain continues its influence under the name of the Commonwealth and the membership of 16 countries.
If you don't see me as someone who has the glorious history syndrome, should I mention the historical equivalent of these associations and why these structures are hostile to Turks and Turkey in any case?
The trick is this: To put it in the context of Farabi's ed-din and al-Mille concepts in Inner Asia, Africa and the Arab world, which see Syria, Iraq and Lebanon as mutually exclusive, it was the Ottoman state that established an "Ottoman Commonwealth Companies". . It is possible to clearly see the struggle of these colonial powers with the Republic of Turkey, which has inherited the cultural heritage of the Ottoman Empire, a world state that developed out of the Turkish mentality that preserved its multilingual, multi-religious and multi-ethnic structures over the centuries.
If you ask why you said this now, it can be said that the region's continued instability was ensured only by the Sunni-Shiite theo political conflicts between Muslims, and the Maronite Christians lived relatively more prosperous, but there is a fact that the country is in complete chaos. Moreover, if I say that Shiite Hezbollah and Shiite Amal organizations also collide with each other, and that Hezbollah cooperates with the Maronite Christian Lebanese Forces party, I think the intricacy of theo-political conflicts will become clear. Hezbollah had previously collaborated with the Free Patriotic Movement, the largest party of Maronite Christians. This is exactly what I mean by theo-political conflicts, that is, unless the legitimacy of wars for political economy goals is evaluated from a theological point of view, the ideas produced will always be incomplete and far from being applicable.
If we remember that Israel called its reserve soldiers in the light of the latest developments and focused on the actions against Lebanon, in order to prevent this chaos from turning into an internal conflict again, one of the Maronite Christians, Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the Ketaib Party, was the President of Lebanon between 1982-1988. Emin Cemayel wanted Turkey to do its best to prevent the possibility of chaos leading to civil war. Now, I think I've laid the groundwork for the call made to the Republic of Turkey, which is the concrete symbol of the Turkish Mentality that provides the Ottoman Commonwealth of Nations.
I extended the word a bit, but in the words of my teacher Esat Arslan, “The Republic of Turkey acts with the awareness of the heritage it inherited from the Ottoman Empire, primarily in accordance with the principle of succession (succession) valid in the lands where the Ottoman Empire was sovereign and in international law. It acts from the fact that it has to deepen its opening policies towards Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions, especially the Balkans, North Africa and Sub-Saharan African countries. This sense of duty has become evident as a missionary mission with a historical background, symbolized by the founding philosophy of the Republic of Turkey.” As a matter of fact, it should be considered in this context that the stay of our officials in Lebanon was extended for one more year by the decision of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Of course, do not forget that in 2007, the former commander-in-chief of NATO said that seven countries, together with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan and Libya, would be divided into pieces. Which states do you think are next?
August 4, 2020 The explosion in the port of Beirut, the most important trade center of the region, was an indication that the chaos in the country would continue for a long time and even increase. Because I don't know how many tons of ammonium nitrate that was confiscated years ago might have a meaning or how to explain this situation? That is, after the collapse of Iraq, the weapons lost and a significant part of the displaced money were moved to Lebanon and Hariri's significant influence in the gulf capital was the destruction of the Beirut-centered formation of a political economy other than oil?
Will Hariri's killing benefit Syria, as Israel and the US say? Because Emil Cemil Lahud, born to a Catholic father and an Armenian mother, was President at that time (1998-2007) and was pro-Syrian. It was said that Hariri's success as Prime Minister, making a significant contribution to the restructuring of the country, establishing media outlets, making important breakthroughs in the banking sector, made him an alternative presidential candidate, therefore he was killed.
Did Syria really fear the Sunni leader's contribution to social peace? Hafez Assad replied to those who said that the arrows of the explosion were pointing to Syria, "Look who benefits most from this."
You are right, as if this is not a travel article, Lebanon has returned to the chaos it lived in before with the assassination of Rafik Hariri. The situation became more complicated with the explosion of Beirut Port, the country's political and economic It is very difficult from an economic point of view, I say that these situations must be read from a theological point of view. In other words, pay attention to the sectarian trap, I wrote a few years ago that these are all basically political economy wars/conflicts, but their legitimacy is provided through religions/sects. Thereupon, an Islamist group gave a picture of me with Bashar Assad in their magazine, so it's best to interrupt here. However, I can't help but point out the strange thing: As you know, the author of the magazine, along with the Arab intellectuals, whom he described as modernist, had only given my picture from Turkey because I said beware of the trap of sectarianism.
As we think about Syria, Iran Influence in Lebanon, the influence of France, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries through Maronite Christians, and the interest of other Western countries in the region, we remember once again how the Ottomans kept Biladüşşam identities, religions and sects together in its originality for centuries and sectarianism. Again, I draw attention to the operations carried out over the trap. I will say that I saw once again how important the principle of secularism is, but when I look at Lebanon….
Let's head towards the Kadusha valley and go to the place where Khalil Gibran was born with its magnificent beauties and the museum house that hangs on the mountain. On this occasion, let's say that sending the silk produced in the mountains of Lebanon to France has an important role in the development of Beirut. We climb the mountains of Lebanon, passing in front of the walls on which the pictures shouting the end of the civil war are made, the places where the pictures of those killed in the demonstrations are hung, and the half-building in Beirut harbor that survived the explosion.

Khalil Gibran and his Museum

Halil Gibran is a well-known poet and writer in our country, as many of his books have been translated into Turkish. In other words, I guess there is no one who has not read his story called Ermiş, in which he tells about human virtues. It must be a great feeling for an author to see it translated into 20 languages ​​while alive. Only the US edition has sold 9 million copies, this is a chapter in the book, a ritual read at weddings. Madman, which includes his writings on freedom and salvation, criticizing the Eastern world and the Christian world in which he grew up, is also a very important and well-known work. Of course, in addition to confronting the problems caused by materialism in his works, his being influenced by Gazzali, Ibn Sina and even Maarri makes him a scholar who should be examined in terms of Islamic Philosophy. I always wonder if the mystical journey from eternity to eternity in The Voice of the Master is inspired by Ibn Fariz. His work titled “The Son of Man” is true to its name anyway, leaving no need for words. One of the reasons I care about him, without forgetting, is that my readings of civil disobedience were influenced by the leading scholar, Ralf Waldo Emerson.
He died on April 10, 1931 in New York at the age of 48, think about someone who gave these works in such a short life. Gibran, who immigrated to America as the child of a Lebanese Maronite (Catholic) Christian family and lived a very difficult life with his mother and siblings, came back to his country to learn his mother tongue, Arabic.
We went to his hometown of Bişerri, a wonderful mountain town, by winding the roads of the Kadîşâ valley. Passing through orchards with vineyards, dates of paradise and apples, we reached Bişarri Kaba at an altitude of 1500 m.
It is perfectly natural for Gibran to want to be buried here, it is the place where he spent his childhood, I think it is one of the most beautiful places in the world. The Ministry of Culture took the Monastery, put his tomb here, and turned it into a museum house by placing his works.
So we started to climb the stairs towards the museum, sipping from the healthy, drinkable water flowing in front of it; A wonderful balcony/terrace greeted us, the Kadisha valley was under your feet in all its splendor. Roses, white roses, red roses right next to the terrace. From the moment I shoot the white roses in front of the Osh Faculty of Kyrgyzstan and the mosque, I record it wherever I go. Because I remembered Khalil Gibran's expression when photographing the rose and the valley: Love is a beautiful bird/Begging to be caught/But afraid of getting hurt.”
Perhaps because it was a two-story monastery, the interlocking rooms were filled with Gibran's works. Rooms where personal belongings and charcoal and paints, often nudes, are displayed.

I noticed that almost none of them have signatures, how do we know that this is his work?

He said, "Oh, let me tell you, you read it wrong, he doesn't sign, because his works can be seen everywhere."

It wouldn't be true if I said I wasn't a little embarrassed. When we went down to the basement, we saw a coffin in an alcove, it was there.

Poet and writer Gibran:
Like you, I am alive,
I'm standing next to you
Close your eyes and look around
You will see me right in front of you.

Just as I was reading this, when I saw the paintings of one of the trips, I said, "Well, aren't we exaggerating this guy a bit? mange, why did we come? No, there is no point in wasting God's breath, I said while drinking from the sparkling water on the way back. Now our route is Tripoli, the Umayyad, Abbasid, Mamluk and Ottoman city called ed-Devletü't-Türkiyye. I will talk about Biladüşşam, which is the title of this article, in the third part of the travel-comment...