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    Washington Post Urges Obama to Reconsider Turkey Policy

    Friday, January 3rd, 2014


    U.S. President Barak Obama with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
    Erdogan in Washington, D.C., ahead of talks that focused on the
    Armenia-Turkey normalization protocols. October 15, 2009.

    WASHINGTON - `The Obama administration and the European Union should be
    pressing Mr. Erdogan to respect the rule of law and give police and
    prosecutors the opportunity to present their cases in court,' says the
    Washington Post's editorial board in an instructive editorial
    published Wednesday, calling on President Obama to reconsider its
    foreign policy with Turkey.

    The editorial article urges the Obama administration to finally act on
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spiraling
    authoritarianism.

    The authors highlight the many transgressions by Erdogan and his
    administration over the years and lament the fact that the Obama
    administration has not applied pressure despite the deterioration of
    Turkish democracy.

    The editors point to a growing rift between a Turkey that Obama once
    described as `a political model for the Middle East,' and a Turkey
    that seems to resemble its authoritarian neighbors more and more each
    day. Not a mistaken observation when considering that Turkey is number
    one again this year in the number of jailed journalists, not just in
    the Middle East but in the world, topping even Iran and China.

    A final and troubling trend runs parallel to the latest graft scandal
    that has hit the Erdogan administration: a slanderous campaign carried
    out by the pro-government media is in full swing in Turkey, accusing
    the United States and Israel as dark powers who are behind the turmoil
    that has gripped Turkey. This daft and deliberate anti-West discourse,
    the authors say, cannot be ignored and must be given an appropriate
    response by the United States.

    With an ever-growing slew of offenses by the Erdogan administration
    piling up, the Washington Post says there is a new urgency for the
    Obama administration to reconsider its policy toward Turkey and
    Erdogan.

    http://asbarez.com/117995/washington-post-urges-obama-to-reconsider-turkey-policy/




    From: A. Papazian
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