Middle East Times, Egypt
Sept 23 2005
Bashing the Turks
Tony Brittan
PARIS
September 23, 2005
In an article in the Middle East Times, the Turkish government point
blank denies that the Ottoman Empire killed some 1.5 million
Armenians in genocide (“Turkish court blocks discussion of Armenian
massacres,” September 23) and has banned a conference to debate the
issue.
Some European Union countries quite rightly are upset that
intellectuals are being silenced, considering that Turkey wishes to
join Europe.
But before we Europeans get too high-and-mighty, shouldn’t we clean
up our own house first? To deny the Holocaust in Switzerland is a
crime! Where is freedom of thought there? Talk about double
standards. Shouldn’t we look at ourselves before bashing the Turks?