Turkish Press
Unseal Our Borders?
Published: 4/5/2005
BY OKTAY EKSI
HURRIYET – Armenians in Armenia are in big trouble. Nowadays, each and
every one of them comments on how beneficial it would be for Turkey
to unseal its border gate to Armenia. Leyla Tavsanoglu’s interview
with Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC) moderator David
Philips was published in Sunday’s Cumhuriyet’s. Philips is obviously
one of those who seems sure that we’re too stupid to recognize our
own national interests. He mentions 10 times during the interview
how we could benefit from opening our border gate to Armenia. He’s
actually trying to say, ‘Just open your gates, the rest is easy.’
Not only Armenians, but also proponents of the Armenian ‘genocide’
thesis among us and especially the US have recently been dropping the
border gate issue whenever possible. Whatever they are going to say,
they begin with, ‘You should open your borders to Armenia…’
All these efforts surely serve a good purpose. Armenia had a population
of 3.44 million in 1998. However, by 2004 its population had fallen to
just 2.99 million. The reason why almost 500,000 people left Armenia
during this six-year period is purely poverty. The Armenian economy
is a shambles, and half of its population lives in poverty.
Once they persuade us to open the border gates, their next move will
be to try to open out to international markets and improve their
economy. Soon enough, they will be trying to corner us and get us to
admit their ‘genocide’ claims. Their constitution and declaration of
independence are full of hatred against us, and they will be trying
to realize their schemes at the earliest opportunity.
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul recently noted that over 40,000 Armenians
work just in Istanbul, which is a sign of Turkey’s good will. But
what do we get in return? Armenia pushes to make us recognize their
‘genocide’ claims. And next they’ll demand compensation and land
from us. They don’t even bother to conceal their aims. What kind of
a person would agree to this?
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress