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AKP DEPUTY HEAD SLAMS U.S. ENVOY'S CRITICISMS ON LONG DETENTIONS
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/akp-deputy-head-slams-us-envoys-criticisms-on-long-detentions.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40646&NewsCatID=338
The deputy head of the AKP, Huseyin Celik slammed U.S. ambassador to
Turkey in televised comments on the private broadcaster Kanal A. AA
photo A senior member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
reacted strongly today to critical remarks from U.S. Ambassador to
Turkey Francis Ricciardone regarding the Turkish judicial system. "We
are inviting Ricciardone to remain within his boundaries and limits.
We are not pleased with [his remarks], we condemn and denounce them.
The ambassador should know his place," said the deputy head of the AKP,
Huseyin Celik in televised comments on the private broadcaster Kanal A.
Ricciardone, who briefed Ankara reporters yesterday after a suicide
attack targeting the embassy killed two people Feb. 1, criticized
the long detention of army officers, scholars and students. "You have
your military leaders, who were entrusted with the protection of this
country behind bars as if they were terrorists... When a legal system
produces such results and confuses people like that for terrorists,
it makes it hard for American and European courts to match up,"
Ricciardone had said.
Celik noted that the U.S. envoy had in the past also commented about
internal questions in Turkey, emphasizing that it was unappropriate
for a diplomat to make judgments about "topics that he does not know
the details of."
"The Prime Minister had called him 'novice ambassador.' As it seems,
Ricciardone has not yet learnd his place in that period," said Celik.
The AKP deputy also asked the U.S. envoy to give explanations for the
Guantanamo Camp, where al-Qaeda suspects are detained, and added that
American tribunals were not appeal instances of the Turkish courts
and therefore "didn't need to understand [our] problems."
February/06/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/akp-deputy-head-slams-us-envoys-criticisms-on-long-detentions.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40646&NewsCatID=338
The deputy head of the AKP, Huseyin Celik slammed U.S. ambassador to
Turkey in televised comments on the private broadcaster Kanal A. AA
photo A senior member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
reacted strongly today to critical remarks from U.S. Ambassador to
Turkey Francis Ricciardone regarding the Turkish judicial system. "We
are inviting Ricciardone to remain within his boundaries and limits.
We are not pleased with [his remarks], we condemn and denounce them.
The ambassador should know his place," said the deputy head of the AKP,
Huseyin Celik in televised comments on the private broadcaster Kanal A.
Ricciardone, who briefed Ankara reporters yesterday after a suicide
attack targeting the embassy killed two people Feb. 1, criticized
the long detention of army officers, scholars and students. "You have
your military leaders, who were entrusted with the protection of this
country behind bars as if they were terrorists... When a legal system
produces such results and confuses people like that for terrorists,
it makes it hard for American and European courts to match up,"
Ricciardone had said.
Celik noted that the U.S. envoy had in the past also commented about
internal questions in Turkey, emphasizing that it was unappropriate
for a diplomat to make judgments about "topics that he does not know
the details of."
"The Prime Minister had called him 'novice ambassador.' As it seems,
Ricciardone has not yet learnd his place in that period," said Celik.
The AKP deputy also asked the U.S. envoy to give explanations for the
Guantanamo Camp, where al-Qaeda suspects are detained, and added that
American tribunals were not appeal instances of the Turkish courts
and therefore "didn't need to understand [our] problems."
February/06/2013