Selahi Diker's ideas are not original ideas

Submitted by mutlu (Turkey), May 29, 2009 at 06:52

The authors Selahi Diker's ideas in his book "And the Whole Earth was One Language" are not original ideas. In the 18th and 19th centuries his ideas were the most popular ideas in the west. It was told by many academicians that the origin of many languages including sumerian language was central asia and Turkish. This theory was not supporting europe centric view and racism and colonialism and imperialism. So, it was smashed. The book "black athena, the fabrication of ancient greece" is explaining all these in details. It is an excellent example of a "sociology of science". Selahi Diker is an important scientist. By using the ancient turkish language he could able to read etrusk writings.

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