TURKISH OPPOSITION CALLS ON PARLIAMENT TO KILL PROTOCOLS
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Mar 22nd, 2010
ANKARA (Hurriyet)-Turkey’s leading opposition party on Monday
requested that a session of Parliament be called to determine a
strategy for Ankara to take in combating efforts to gain recognition
of the Armenian Genocide.
The motion carried the signature of key members of the Republican
People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Anadol, Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Hakki
Suha Okay.
The motion said the protocols signed on Oct. 10 between Turkey and
Armenia created serious pitfalls for Turkey’s national interests and
that continuing to make it appear as though the agreements will pass
through Parliament will also not help prevent President Obama from
using the word genocide on April 24.
"There is no advantage to keeping the protocols in Parliament but
rather serious disadvantages," the motion read.
It said that the Armenian Genocide resolutions passed in the U.S.
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Swedish parliament earlier in
March would inevitably have destructive consequences on relations
between Turkey and European Union countries.
The motion also said the fact that the protocols are being held in
Parliament after the passage of the resolution in the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs creates the wrong impression and invites
pressure on Turkey.