Turkiye, Turkey
(via Turkish press)
Sept 7 2006
Who Do The Armenians Think They Are?
Published: 9/7/2006
BY YILMAZ OZTUNA
TURKIYE- The European Parliament gave a young Dutch MEP, who wants to
make his career from Turkey, the task of preparing a report on
Turkey. I can’t remember another report so ridiculous. His intentions
are bad. It seems that cleverer politicians have misled this young
MEP. Moreover, he claims to be a friend of the Turks.
He says Turkey has to accept the so-called Armenian genocide. We were
surprised to see Armenia in Turkey’s EU progress report. Those who
are unable or more reluctant to make Armenia withdraw from
Azerbaijan’s soil are criticizing our policies. How many times do we
have to say it? ‘If the Armenians withdraw from Azerbaijan soil, then
we would develop every relation with Armenia.’ Armenia would become a
prosperous state in two years if we opened its doors to the world.
Even simpletons know that there are many Armenians working illicitly
in Istanbul.
But the Armenians think that this is the opportunity to form their
‘greater Armenia.’ The Kurds also think that they are close to
forming their ‘greater Kurdistan.’ The PKK has become more violent.
Barzani lowered the Iraqi flag. What’s happening? What do they
believe? I should say it: They believe Turkey won’t stay on the US
side in a war with Iran. They thing Washington will break off its
relations with Turkey in such a case, and think that the Kurds and
the Armenians would then have an opportunity. They are calculating
that Turkey wouldn’t be considered in the Middle East. They think
that such a Turkey would benefit both the Arabs and Iran. But Turkish
foreign policy would never be based on such a scenario. A few Turkish
mistakes shouldn’t inspire Armenian and Kurdish fantasies. We already
got sunk into our debate over sending troops to Lebanon. We shouldn’t
get stuck in a small part of the big game. We shouldn’t work for
something impossible like finding a solution to the Palestinian
problem. We shouldn’t make even one small mistake in the realities of
foreign policy.