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Turkish General called on Turks in U.S. to counteract
Armenian Genocide resolution
15.02.2007 18:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `I have a complaint about Turks in
U.S.,’ said in Washington General Yasar Buyukanit of
the Turkish Armed Forces, reports Hurriyet newspaper.
He addressed the Turkish community last night, chiding
them for not enough action in working for Turkey’s
interests. General Buyukanit called on Turks in the
diaspora to work harder in the face of the ongoing
push by the Armenian diaspora to have the Armenian
Genocide bill passed in the U.S. Congress. Said
Buyukanit, "Whatever happens from now afterwards is
linked to you. Don’t the people living outside the
Turkish Republic have to come together and work harder
to protect Turkey’s national interests? Now I would
like to address a complaint I have about you. If the
voice of the Turks living in the diaspora would only
rise as high as the others in the diaspora, the
Armenians’ claims of genocide would not have come out
this way, nor would Turks have to face what they do
now. Yes, please excuse me, but I have a complaint
about you. The Turkish Republic would be that much
stronger if people would gather to support the
country’s interests, rather than working against
them."