Turkey Warns France Over Genocide Bill - Political Forum

CHUQ · 10-11-2006, 06:43 AM

This sseems to be a major prob brewing and from a country that hopes to enter the EU. Will turkey go to 'freedom' fries?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/sto...892411,00.html

CHUQ · 10-13-2006, 06:24 AM

More news on the Turkey-France thing.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/...e_Genocide.php

Where is Hector? Maybe this thread would get a little action.

Voland · 10-13-2006, 07:35 AM

I guess this is a phantom discussion on the french part and mostly supposed to provide a strawman argument against Turkeys entry in the EU.
" If they can´t even cope with their past....."
The Turks are certainly right to point out contradictions in the European and especially the french position.
France has not yet apologized for its colonial wars and especially the one in Algeria, which killed hundreds of thousands.
Germany has refused a sincere apology for the "Herrero war" ( the quote by the development minister is not an apology and a single voice)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_Wars

in its former colony Namibia where the largest tribe was almost erased , with an argument sounding surprisngly similar to that of many Turks. "Nobody is alive anymore who had any position then and the modern Germany is not responsible for crimes during the empire". If Germany is claiming that for itself why not Turkey ? Let´s first clean our own doorstep.
And Armenian intellectuals in Turkey have been asking how should they possibly be arguing against limits on free speech in Turkey when France is doing the same.....

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...114E4FCCC1.htm

http://www.adetocqueville.com/200610...9hm0u19808.htm

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=economy&trh...alt=&syf=butun

http://www.thenewanatolian.com/opinion-16187.html

Hector · 10-13-2006, 06:38 PM

If their ultimate goal is to keep Turks/Turkey away from EU, they are certainly achieving their goal by sending such clear messages. If they really yearned for a solution, they would support the idea of a joint commission which could put a permanent end to the controversy.

CHUQ · 10-14-2006, 05:47 AM

I see mmany in the EU that may be afraid that Turkey has desires to try and extend itself over the Area that was the Ottoman. I also believe they (EU) would exert more influence than they in the ME , making the old colonial powers ineffective. They will sensationalize anything negative about Turkey.