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PanArmenian News, Armenia
July 11 2005

WHAT’S COMMON BETWEEN LORD OF RINGS AND TURKEY’S ACCESSION TO EU

11.07.2005 03:59

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The author of famous trilogy Lord of Rings JRR
Tolkien stated that the Land of evil Mordor depicted in the book is
nothing else than Turkey, Daily Mail reported. Turkish translator of
the book, Bilgi university lecturer Bulent Somay called the
publication nonsensical. `The Land of Mordor cannot be Turkey. Such
statements are caused by anti-Turkish spirits spread in Europe
against Turkey’s accession to the EU’, he said. In his opinion,
Tolkien, who is African in origin, cannot have hostility for Turks.
`The orks described in the books are anthropoid creatures unlike any
human race. They can’t be considered Turks. These talks were caused
by the accession negotiations and they should be treated seriously’,
Somay added, Yerkir Online reports.