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SARKOZY CAN NEVER MAKE US ANGRY
Today's Zaman
Turkey
Jan 10 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is planning to take new steps to
harm Turkey, according to the news. Realizing that the "Armenian
genocide" is a sore spot for Turkey, Sarkozy is set to propose that
all EU countries adopt the genocide denial bill -- criminalizing the
denial of the Ottoman's deportation of Armenians in 1915 as "genocide,"
which if approved by the Senate will become law.
I can only laugh at that because Sarkozy apparently does not know
that we are used to seeing that kind of stupid political plan, and we
are very much used to seeing other countries' attempts to frustrate
Turkey or turn Turkish people against one another or cause political
polarization. Sarkozy is not the first, nor will he be the last to
do that. If Sarkozy aims to prevent Turkey from joining the EU by
depicting it as a problematic country, then we will only laugh at
that because Turkey is not a country waiting to be given a reason
for a conflict. We do not need outsiders for that. "Conflicts" and
intense debates are already a major part of Turkish politics.
Today's Zaman
Turkey
Jan 10 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is planning to take new steps to
harm Turkey, according to the news. Realizing that the "Armenian
genocide" is a sore spot for Turkey, Sarkozy is set to propose that
all EU countries adopt the genocide denial bill -- criminalizing the
denial of the Ottoman's deportation of Armenians in 1915 as "genocide,"
which if approved by the Senate will become law.
I can only laugh at that because Sarkozy apparently does not know
that we are used to seeing that kind of stupid political plan, and we
are very much used to seeing other countries' attempts to frustrate
Turkey or turn Turkish people against one another or cause political
polarization. Sarkozy is not the first, nor will he be the last to
do that. If Sarkozy aims to prevent Turkey from joining the EU by
depicting it as a problematic country, then we will only laugh at
that because Turkey is not a country waiting to be given a reason
for a conflict. We do not need outsiders for that. "Conflicts" and
intense debates are already a major part of Turkish politics.