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    Pan-Turkism in European Council

    Yerkir/arm
    January 28, 2005

    Every time we speak about pan-Turkism, we are accused of being unable
    to leave the past behind and to understand that the ideology of
    pan-Turkism has long been exempted from the Turkish political agenda.

    They are trying to convince us that Turkey wants to live on the
    European values and that Turkey's accession to Europe benefits
    Armenia, since we will then border upon a European civilized
    state. After this we are driven to the idea that we should not try to
    prevent Turkey from the accession without recognizing the Armenian
    Genocide and matching the European standards.

    The Turks themselves proved how dangerous these statements are. At the
    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, during the discussion
    of the Karabagh issue, a Turkish politician from `civilized, not
    biased with pan-Turkism' Turkey , using a suitable occasion, passed an
    anti-Armenian resolution. He acted to the full power available. So
    imagine how much more power he will have after becoming a member of
    the EU and how he will use it.

    Some people, forces will say this has nothing to do with pan-Turkism
    and civilized Turkey. And we will allow ourselves to state that these
    forces, who voluntarily assume the role of Turkey's advocates, who are
    seeking to return power, have nothing to do with the Armenian state
    and Armenian national interests.
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