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  • Turkey Opp. divided over Prime Minister Erdogan performance in Davos

    Arab Monitor, Italy
    Feb 1 2009


    Turkey's opposition divided over Prime Minister Erdogan's performance
    in Davos


    Ankara, 31 January ` Several opposition parties in Turkey, namely
    those concerned about Turkey's relations with the European Union and
    its military alliance with Israel, criticized Prime Minister Recep
    Tayyip Erdogan's behaviour at the Gaza session during the forum in
    Davos, fearing it will damage Turkey. Mustafa Ozurek, chairman of the
    Republican People's Party, said Erdogan's outburst of anger, rather
    than the content of his words, would cause a setback in Turkey's
    capacity to act as mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian and the
    Israeli-Syrian negotiations. Deniz Bolukbashi, a parliamentarian from
    the Nationalist Movement Party, also criticized the Prime Minister for
    his allegedly impulsive and uncontrolled behaviour, while Zeki Sezer,
    chairman of the Democratic Left Party, although slamming the Israeli
    President Shimon Peres' speech as that of a warmonger, also voiced out
    his concern that Erdogan's abrupt walk-out on the conference session
    was likely to rule out the possibility that Turkey assesses itself as
    mediator in the region.

    However, other opposition leaders showered Prime Minister Erdogan with
    praise for his behaviour at the crucial Gaza session in Davos. Devlet
    Bahceli, chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party, released a
    written statement in which he conceded that Prime Minister Erdogan's
    outburst of anger might have been improper, but his storming out of
    the session was right, explaining: `The rhetoric and the approach of
    both the moderator and the Israeli President in the session towards
    Erdogan, who represents the Republic of Turkey, is an act of arrogance
    that is unacceptable by our nation". He added: "Therefore it is now
    time to show a national stance on the issues such as fight against
    terror and protecting the Turkmens (in Iraq) as well as in the
    relations with Armenia against the so-called genocide claims, with the
    Greek Cypriots in the fight for the identity of Turkish Cypriots, with
    the European Union against the list of concessions and impositions and
    with the U.S. for the regional threats and coercions".

    http://www.arabmonitor.info/news/dettaglio.php?id news=26082&lang=en
    From: Baghdasarian
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