Turkish Press
April 12 2005
Press Scan
ERDOGAN STRONGLY CRITICISES EUROPE
CUMHURIYET- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is currently in
Norway, said that there were some people who tried to divide Turkey
and that the west was manipulating certain concepts. Erdogan also
gave the message that a letter would be sent to 11 countries which
took the Blue Book (which covers Armenian claims of genocide) as
reference, asking them to apologise from Turkey. Erdogan also
stressed that there was no concept like Kurdish minority in Turkey.
”We should also make a distinction between the concepts of PKK and
Kurd,” he said.