THE STONE AGE
(Publication
Date: 18 April 2007)
I’m reading the news…
Almost every news item uses the same headline .
I can’t help asking:
“Why couldn’t this have been done until now?”…
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The headline is the same everywhere, I think, because the news was distributed from the same source.
The news item includes this sentence as its source: “In a written statement signed by Feridun Üstün, Director of the Telecommunications Department” Yes, ADSL is now available in our country too.
It seems that this happening in our country too has brought those responsible onto the same page; the sentence in the news item gave me that impression.
The news item says: “The internet of the modern world, ADSL, has been available in the TRNC as of today as well.”
At last, we have moved from an outdated dial-up connection to the modern ADSL connection.
In our country, this news is cause for celebration; unfortunately!
As I write this, the same question keeps
running through my mind: “Why have we been so late?”
I would also like to learn the answer to this question, using the same method, from the officials who announced in a written statement that ADSL was available in our country.
I want to ask some other things, too:
As the news item says, ADSL is the internet of the modern world, so why have we spent years connecting to the internet using outdated methods? Is this all we, the people of the TRNC, deserve?
Why is ADSL, which arrived so late, so expensive?
While authorities around the world try to raise the speed at which their people connect to the internet as much as possible, at the most affordable prices, why are we making “the internet of the modern world,” which has arrived so late, so expensive? Does the state have commercial interests? (According to the statement: the Department will charge a one-time ADSL installation fee of 50 YTL, and ADSL subscribers will also pay the Department a monthly ADSL usage fee of 30 YTL; the fees charged by service providers will be set by them and will depend on the speed.)
Don’t the officials owe it to the people of the TRNC, who have spent years trying to connect to the internet using outdated methods, to make amends?
Ultimately, even if belated, connecting to the internet via ADSL—in other words, making this service available to people who can afford it—is a positive development.
Congratulations, and may it bring good fortune.
Hello, modern world!
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Second
International Civil Defense Exercise
It was announced that the “Second International Civil Defense Exercise,” organized by the Civil Defense Organization Presidency, would be held on Thursday from 19:45 to 23:00 at Dr. Fazıl Küçük Park in Taşkınköy.
The continuation of the exercise we watched with pride and confidence last year is taking place this year as well.
But this year, it doesn’t stop at an exercise!
Through the “First International Conference on National and International Coordination, Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid in Natural Disasters and Emergencies,” information on this subject is being shared with the world within a scientific framework, and a contribution is being made.
These developments concern us all.
Because you never know when, or what, might happen to you.
As someone who experienced this firsthand—I was at the epicenter of the 1999 Gölcük earthquake—I would like to thank the Civil Defense Organization Presidency, on my own behalf, for these efforts to be prepared for anything, at any time.
Be respectful in traffic!
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