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    FORBES: ANKARA DOESN'T WANT OBAMA TO WIN OVER HIS PLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    30.09.2008 18:04 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ There is no doubt that much of the Muslim world
    is rooting for Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race, Asli
    Aydintasbas, an Istanbul-based journalist and former Ankara bureau
    chief of the newspaper Sabah, writes in "Obama, Turkey And The
    G-Resolution" published by Forbes magazine.

    "But here in Turkey, the Obamania in the rest of the Muslim world was
    quick to fade early in the race. Once intrigued by the young senator
    and his life story, much of the Ankara establishment and the Turkish
    elite now say they prefer John McCain to snatch the presidential
    seat. And all this has little to do with Barack Obama himself,"
    the article says.

    "Modern Turkey is a nation still sorting through the cultural and
    political clashes that have emerged with the foundation of a secular
    modern republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. It
    is a nation accustomed to both domestic and foreign conflict and
    obsessed with the idea of its loneliness on the world stage. So it
    is no surprise that, on any given subject under the sun, most Turks
    would ask, "But is it good for Turkey? In this case, the political
    establishment in Ankara and Turkey's secular elite seem to think that
    Barack Obama is not good for Turkey," it goes on.

    It all has to do with the Armenian issue, according to a Turkish
    politician.

    "Barack Obama has pledged he would support a genocide resolution. Worse
    for Ankara, his running mate Senator Joe Biden has long been an
    ally of Greek and Armenian lobbies in Washington and sponsored bills
    questioning Turkish policies on Cyprus and Armenia," he said.

    "John McCain on the other hand knows Turkey well and can understand
    our strategic value," the politician added.
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