Zaman, Turkey
Dec 26 2004

‘Turkey is too Big for EU’

Turkish Greater Unity Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazicioglu says that
the real goal of the European Union is not to make Turkey a full
member but to break it into pieces.

Yazicioglu says that the EU is trying to split Turkey into parts, as
it is too large for them and said that that’s why they put in clauses
about the so called Armenian Genocide, Cyprus, Aegean region and
minorities.

Answering the questions of Zaman, he said that although Turkey has
fulfilled the Copenhagen Criteria, the EU is applying double
standards. Pointing out the fact that they are constantly bringing
new conditions to the table, he said: “They tell us to solve the
problems with Armenians, which means to give the Armenians Kars, to
accept the invasion of Karabag, to accept the so called Armenian
Genocide and to give them extra land as indemnity. Another point here
is that there may be wars over water so they want us to turn over the
administration of the rivers Firat and Tigris to an international
committee, which is a violation of our sovereign rights. Do we tell
them to turn over the oil produced in Britain to such a committee?”

12.26.2004
Selim Kuvel
Ankara