Some perspective

Submitted by Bugra (United States), Nov 26, 2005 at 23:22

Turks have been an integral part of European life for over 1300 years. Before Ottomans there were Selcuks and Eurpean Huns who lived in Europe since the beginning of the 7th century. So the argument of Turks not being a part of Europe is just not realistic.

About Turkey becoming a radical islamist state: Folks, unlike in US there are many political parties in Turkey, including communists, nationalists, radical islamists and so forth. They can never get more than 5-10% vote, so, what does this say about the radicals in Turkey? They are minority. Pure and simple.

About the alleged Armenian Holocust? Turkey has invited Armenia to open historical archives of both parties and go to the bottom of this argument. Guess what? Armenians said no. They said this is no longer an HISTORICAL AGENDA, IT IS A POLITICAL AGENDA. I don't say this, this is a written statement from the Armenian politicians. British, French, Russian archives are full of pictures of Armenians mass killing Turks, which totaled up to 350,000. They are after the insurance claims guys, wake up. By the way, that invitation is still valid to any Armenian, to go to the bottom of the historical facts.

About human rights and democracy in Turkey, G.W. Bush is caught on tape suggesting to bomb a tv station, El Jazeera. Torture turned out to be a common practice of US Army. We don't have a pledge which says "Under God" or our money doesn't read "In God We Trust" or our prime minister doesn't publicly state that he gets his powers from God. To have credibility for your criticism, you have to look a good look in the mirror first.

Summary; without being submissive, Turkey will and should be a member of the EU, continue to be strong allies with US and everyone it can. It's just good politics and benefitial to all.

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