Abdul Turay

Conservative Solutions The big issue in Estonia now is rights cohabitation rights for same-sex couple. An opinion pieces on this subject. Britain and Referunda Why Cameron will lose the next election and we will have a government more favourable to Europe and Estonia...   Read on  The Second Sex We are are told that we live in a male dominated society, that men have it easier than women; there are people who make a living by telling us this. I think that men have it tough and the situation is getting worse. I believe that feminism., or at least the radical form of it that has come to dominate, is wrong., and the effects of feminism that are causing great harm in my own country and in the rest of the Anglo-sphere are beginning to crop up here .. Read on Chartist versus the World It was just perfect timing, I write a book discussing amongst other things, whether Estonian political culture is failing on not, and a month later, some of the country's leading minds, let'...

Britain and Referenda Published Postimees 20 February 2013 Normally I write only about Estonian issues, when I a write about my country there is something important needs covering. Which bring me to the UK relationship with Europe. It effects us all so I hope you will bear with me. As readers will know, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron announced last month that if he wins the next election in 2015, he will renegotiate existing treaties with Europe and then hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU. There has been a ton analyse on TV and in the Estonian press about this. It could lead to a breakup of Europe. It isn't helping things, that's for sure. There isn't go to be any referendum. The referendum is contingent on the conservatives winning the next election. By caving into the ardent Eurosceptics in his own party, Cameron has just guaranteed that he, and his party, will lose. The reasons are complex and I wil...

The second sex Published Postimees 16 January 2013 One issue scares the hell out of me. Men's rights. We are are told that we live in a male dominated society, that men have it easier than women; there are people who make a living by telling us this. In Estonia there are a dozen organisation dealing with women's rights there is even a gender studies unit (i.e. women's studies unit) at Tartu University, but there isn't yet far as I am aware, and I have checked, even one organisation dealing with men's right. It is inevitable that anybody who challenges this hegemony will come in for a barrage of criticism from an army of well-funded groups. When men's rights are discussed, it is in the context of men's health. Men are dying off. Men die younger and are more likely to commit suicide than women. Even God it seems is against men. Last week January 10 2012, for example the ministry of internal affairs published figures that show, ...

Chartists versus the World Published Postimees 13 December 2012 This week December 13 2012  my book “A small white nation” comes out. In the book, I examine Estonia's place in the World. How and why Estonia has moved from being a country at the periphery to the very centre of the debate of how the world ought to be run. There is more story telling in the book than I normally write. I am quite sure I will enrage some people and shock others. One thing I described so shocked my editor that she refused to believe it was true. “Are you really sure it happened?” she kept asking me over and over again. I leave you to guess what it is but you have to read the book. But there is one thing that has been left out. I don't write about Charter 12. The simple reason is when I handed the manuscript in to my publishers it didn't exist yet. It was just perfect timing, I write a book discussing amongst other things, whether Estonian political culture is f...

Book published 10.12.12 A Black President for a Small White Nation II An Intellectual Casino The Great Migration Two Tribes  About the Estonian British communities Immigration Policy On the Meikar Affair  A political scandal Involving money laundering The invisible beautiful Estonian film The Austrian Factor  On Austrian economics Galojan won't be coming home soon. On Veerpalu. Survival of the fitness The view from London  On the Euro White Riots  More on London Riots City under siege  London Riots The end of Newspapers   China Rising Why the world is silent about the Estonian election Playing around with higher education Response from Education Minister (ed note: in Estonian, will translate into English when I have time) Right is Right ? Why I write in Estonia Sotsid are not freaks   Why are the Social Democrats still failing? Room 101   A comparison between British kids and Estonian kids Go West   W...

A black president for a small white nation II Why Estonia and Obama need each other.  Published Postimees 14 December 2012  Four years ago I outraged the nation when I suggested in my first Postimees article what Michelle Obama the president's wife might be thinking if Estonia got into trouble. “ Ah yes Estonia that small-minded little white nation....to hell with them.” That article was about a fair dialogue between Estonia and black people. I am not going to talk about that here, suffice to say progress has been made, and I have to admit after four years I believe far from being hostile, Obama will look kindly upon Estonia precisely because of his African heritage, here is why. W e have seen Obama appearing to conspire with Russia's leadership at a nuclear security summit in Seoul, South Korea, March 2012. “ I t’s important for him to give me space,”  he said in a ´hot mike´ moment with outgoing President Medvedev. The him in ...