Editorial Turkey once again is retreating into "dark ages mode" with threats by Prime Erdogan following comments during a recent visit to London to expel 100,000 Armenians in Turkey "if necessary I will tell the 100,000: OK, time to go back to your country".
The issue of the Armenian genocide and the failure by Turkey to recognise this ever happened, not only discredits any aspirations that Turkey has of joining the European Union, but also its supporters which include the current Conservative and Labour party's in the UK.
Over 20 countries have accused the Ottoman Turks of genocide over the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians during the First World War; Sweden this week passed a resolution in its parliament recognising the genocide and calling for Turkey to follow suit. Prime Minister Erdogan then cancelled his visit to Stockholm and recalled the Turkish Ambassador in protest.
Turkey is now at its most dangerous, and may also as some have pointed out more likely to swing towards the East than the West, with ever closer ties to Iran.
Turkey needs some carrots, but must also begin to play ball over the gambit of issues that are pre-requisites it must resolve before EU membership is seriously considered. The United States has warned Turkey that it would pay "the price" if it was to side with Iran in the UN Security Counsel over the nuclear issue.
Once again Turkey is not interested in what the "political mood" is in Brussels, Paris or London, but is not more interested in what is in Ankara's and Islam's interest.
Yes, AND new headline: LONDON DAILY NEWS GOES FULL BORE INTO CHRISTIAN CRUSADER MODE. What kind of rag is this?
Erdogan explained that Turkey is a tolerant a nation. Why?
Because Turkey and its citizens endured a 30 year reign by Armenian terrorists who massacred more than 70 of its diplomats and bombed Turkish targets, including the home of an American Professors of History living in the USA whose research led him to conclude no genocide of Armenians occurred.
Because, although Turkey and its citizens continue to be the focus of a relentless Armenian campaign of racism and hatred supported by the government of Armenia, it has embraced ILLEGAL Armenian immigrants who've escaped the economic catastrophe in Armenia to try to earn a living for their families.
Turkey COULD BUT DOES NOT DEPORT the very substantial number of ILLEGAL ARMENIAN IMMIGRANTS THAT PREFER TO LIVE IN TURKEY OVER ARMENIA.
If deporting illegal immigrants puts one in "dark ages mode," you hypocritical Brits need to take a good long look in the mirror and point the finger at yourself. Or the British immigration services can stop deporting all those illegals you receive from Africa and Asia.
