TURKEY GOES INTO "DARK AGES MODE" FOLLOWING ARMENIAN EXPULSION THREAT

London Daily News
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March 18 2010

Turkey once again is retreating into "dark ages mode" with threats
by Prime Erdogan following comments during a recent visit to London
to expel 100,000 Armenians in Turkey "if necessary I will tell the
100,000: OK, time to go back to your country".

The issue of the Armenian genocide and the failure by Turkey to
recognise this ever happened, not only discredits any aspirations
that Turkey has of joining the European Union, but also its supporters
which include the current Conservative and Labour party’s in the UK.

Over 20 countries have accused the Ottoman Turks of genocide over the
killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians during the First World War;
Sweden this week passed a resolution in its parliament recognising
the genocide and calling for Turkey to follow suit. Prime Minister
Erdogan then cancelled his visit to Stockholm and recalled the Turkish
Ambassador in protest.

Turkey is now at its most dangerous, and may also as some have pointed
out more likely to swing towards the East than the West, with ever
closer ties to Iran.

Turkey needs some carrots, but must also begin to play ball over
the gambit of issues that are pre-requisites it must resolve before
EU membership is seriously considered. The United States has warned
Turkey that it would pay "the price" if it was to side with Iran in
the UN Security Counsel over the nuclear issue.

Once again Turkey is not interested in what the "political mood"
is in Brussels, Paris or London, but is not more interested in what
is in Ankara’s and Islam’s interest.