Tuesday, June 21, 2005

JTW News - German realism vs. Turkish naivete

"German realism vs. Turkish naivete
View: Huseyin Bagci

Yes, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is very disappointed with the decision of the German Parliament concerning the so-called Armenian genocide. Yes, the Turkish public is very disappointed also. But does this change anything? The German Parliament was giving the signal three months ago when European Union members from Eastern Europe accepted the 'genocide' in their parliaments, as some German opposition Christian Democrat politicians were using the opportunity to carry it also to the German Parliament. Indeed, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was successful in diverting the debate to other directions before he came to Ankara just at the beginning of May with a greatbusiness army of 600 investors."

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