Pan-Turkism in European Council

Yerkir/arm
January 28, 2005

Every time we speak about pan-Turkism, we are accused of being unable
to leave the past behind and to understand that the ideology of
pan-Turkism has long been exempted from the Turkish political agenda.

They are trying to convince us that Turkey wants to live on the
European values and that Turkey’s accession to Europe benefits
Armenia, since we will then border upon a European civilized
state. After this we are driven to the idea that we should not try to
prevent Turkey from the accession without recognizing the Armenian
Genocide and matching the European standards.

The Turks themselves proved how dangerous these statements are. At the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, during the discussion
of the Karabagh issue, a Turkish politician from `civilized, not
biased with pan-Turkism’ Turkey , using a suitable occasion, passed an
anti-Armenian resolution. He acted to the full power available. So
imagine how much more power he will have after becoming a member of
the EU and how he will use it.

Some people, forces will say this has nothing to do with pan-Turkism
and civilized Turkey. And we will allow ourselves to state that these
forces, who voluntarily assume the role of Turkey’s advocates, who are
seeking to return power, have nothing to do with the Armenian state
and Armenian national interests.