Posted on 02/25/2005 12:06:20 PM PST by Stoat
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February 25, 2005 | No.870 |
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Anti-Americanism in the Turkish Media In the past few years the Turkish media has grown increasingly anti-American. Turkish media outlets of all political persuasions - left, center, right, and Islamist - much like the Arab and Iranian press, attack the U.S. and incite against it.
The following is the third release(1) from the MEMRI Turkish Media Project. It includes comparisons of Nazi Germany to the U.S. and President Bush to Hitler, racial epithets toward Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; and making the U.S. the center of conspiracies including holding it responsible for the Tsunami. The following are excerpts from several articles (ellipses appear in the originals):
In the mainstream moderate-right daily Tercuman, columnist Cengiz Çandar wrote: "
The BBC surveyed about 22,000 people all around the world between November 15, 2004 and January 5, 2005. Forty-seven percent of the respondents expressed the opinion that 'America's influence on the world is very negative.'
In the pan-Islamist daily Milli Gazette, columnist Süleyman Arif Emre wrote: "As we know, Germany's Hitler started World War II, and about 50 million people perished because of Hitler's ambitions.
In the Islamic daily Milli Gazette, columnist Burhan Bozgeyik wrote: "At the present, the American administration is in the hands of the worst enemies of Islam. Their hate is so deep that no amount of Muslim blood [spilled by them] satisfies them. Tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of (Muslim) dead, seem little for them.
In the center-Left liberal daily Radikal, columnist Nuray Mert wrote: "To be in the government is a sad thing, for it obliges you to smile and shake hands in front of the cameras with all the occupiers that come and go. We already know the context of the last visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is one of the leading architects of the American project to push the world into chaos and carry it out in the most barbaric way
In the Turkish business daily Dunya, columnist Dr. Burhan Ozfatura, who is a former mayor of Izmir, wrote: "It is my sincere belief that the U.S.A. is the biggest danger for Turkey, today and in the future. At the present the U.S.A. is run by an incompetent, very aggressive, true enemy of Islam, brainwashed with evangelical nonsense, a blood-thirsty team that is a loyal link in Israel's command and control chain. * "Afghanistan is destroyed for U.S. interests. * "Iraq has become a bloodbath. People are nostalgic for the days of the cruel Saddam. * "As a result, sooner or later, it will be Turkey's turn. Because their [Israel's] 'Promised Land' includes a large chunk of Turkish territory. Israel aspires to be the sole power in the area. Therefore, it cannot tolerate a strong Turkey in any leadership role. "Unfortunately, we as the Turkish nation have a weak memory. Otherwise we would never have forgotten: * "All the USA's plots and the support they gave to the Armenians, during our Independence War; * "How they betrayed us during the Korean War; * "All the concessions they gave to the Russians after World War II; * "How Kennedy sold Turkey during the Cuban crisis; * "Johnson's disrespectful letter; * "That it is the USA that planned and financed the PKK affair, the 'large Armenia scenario,' Greek aggression and demands (Greek ecumenical ambitions, Greek Orthodox support, Byzantium dreams and aspirations), today's widespread missionary activities, Alavi-Kurd incitements; * "The evil work done in our country by the 'peace volunteers' * "The U.S. threats after our parliament refused to take part in the massacres in Iraq, the incident of tying and putting sacks on the heads of our soldiers and their capture in Iraq, organizing the massacre of the Turkmen, supporting the likes of Talabani and Barzani all in order to serve their own interests; * "The U.S. activities in northern Iraq for the establishment of 'an independent Kurdish state'; * "The U.S.'s adherence to the worthless Sevres Treaty, its masterminding of the [Armenian] genocide-allegations, (and the fact that America still has not signed on to the Lausanne Agreement); * "That they [the U.S.] are behind all the coups [in Turkey] * "That the pre-September 12 events(6) all originated in American universities ( );"Sadly, at present Turkey is under total invasion by the USA.: * "The Turkish economy is under complete control of the U.S. through the IMF and "the World Bank; (even our demographic and genetic codes are in their hands); * "Our military is dependent on the U.S. (how soon we forgot all the bad things and the embargo they imposed on us, after our operation in Cyprus) * "There is a cultural invasion [of Turkey] by the U.S. * "We have no secrets and can hide nothing from America. Even our 'intelligence' is guided by the CIA. * "Our natural resources (including oil) are controlled by America. (Not even one-thousandth of our reserves is mined. All our riches like gold, borax, thorium, uranium, must urgently be utilized in cooperation with other friendly countries.) * "Our agricultural sector (through the IMF) is directly guided by the USA (e.g.: No measures can ever be taken against Cargill, even if our national interests dictate it.) Endnotes: |
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This will help their chances of getting into the EU.
I suggest that we give the Kurds some space to manipulate in Iraq so that we are ready to see the Turks pulled back into some semblance of restraint otherwise they will get too big for their britches.
They have already gained status by refusing us access through their Nation. We are chumps if we don't do something about that.
And some here think that we are the most powerful......
We should LIBERATE the Kurds in Turkey from the EVIL OTTOMAN EMPIRE and give Kurds their territory back there as well.
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