EXTREMIST ARMENIANS: EU COULD USE ARMENIAN ‘GENOCIDE’ AGAINST TURKEY

Journal of Turkish Weekly
Dec 19 2006

In addition to the Greek Cypriots, now the Armenians are making
pressure on the European Union to use Turkey’s EU bid to persuade
Turkey for pro-Armenian policies. The extremist nationalist the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnaks) says Turkey should be
made to recognize the so-called genocide before it can become an EU
member. The Tahnaks were the responsible for many terrorist attacks
against the Ottoman and Turkish diplomats and politicians during the
1920s, 70s and 80s.

Kiro Manoyan, the director of the organization, said the EU had used
Greece and Cyprus against Turkey and the time for Armenia would come
as well. Turkish media sees the co-opearion between the EU, Greeks and
Armenians as religious solidarity against the Muslim Turkish people.

According to the PanArmenian agency, Manoyan said the Armenian issue
would eventually become an instrument for the European Union and
urged all Armenians to be ready for such a development.

The genocide issue and the Armenian lobby have a significant impact
on some EU countries. France and Netherlands, two countries seemingly
against Turkey in the EU, have made the matter an internal one.

A bill making it a crime to reject the Armenian claims passed in the
French parliament on Oct. 12. The bill awaits approval from the Senate
and President Jacques Chirac, through probably will not pass.

On Oct. 22, three Turkish-Dutch electoral candidates in Holland were
removed from their party lists for not accepting the Armenian claims.

The Armenian constitution name some of Turkey’s eastern provinces
‘Western Armenia’. The constitution does not recognise Turkey’s
national borders. Armenia also does not recognise Azerbaijan’s national
borders. 20 per cent of the Azeri territories have been under the
Armenian occupation. Turkey closed its territorial borders when
Armenia attacked Azeri territories.