Tuesday, April 12, 2005

JTW News - Turkish PM Erdogan: EU is not a Christian Club

"Turkish PM Erdogan: EU is not a Christian Club
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OSLO - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ''we regret to see negative attitudes against Turkish and Muslim people in some European countries recently. It is impossible to understand such attitudes against Turks and Muslims in a period when the world focuses on dialogue among different civilizations and cultures.'' Prime Minister Erdogan, who is currently paying a state visit to Norway, met Turkish citizens at the Oslo Military Museum Meeting Hall. Turkish PM said the West abused the Kurdish issue in Turkey for the years and the West did not make distinction between terrorism and ethnic and democratic demands."

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