"Listen to the cry of the Turkish Diaspora... Saturday, October 20, 2007
Mehmet Ali Birand
It is time to lend an ear to the cries of the Turkish citizens that live in other countries and especially in Europe (we should call them the Turkish diaspora in short) or of others that love Turkey and wish to protest the injustices against it. Especially the rulers and the bureaucrats of our country need to hear them more than we do. I was in Switzerland the other day. My school chum Refik Atakurt called and arrived with a thick folder in his hand. He told me about the problems of the Turkish diaspora. Their need is not about money or government support. What they need is information flow and a data bank.“The Turkish diaspora wishes to step in and correct immediately any news or commentary that appears in the written or visual press of the country of their residence. There are also countless Turkish associations in almost every country. They do lobbying and organise interference. However, none of us are very effective, because we lack information. That's what we need…” he said."
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