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    Gul: We must address the question of stain on our name

    Journal of Turkish Weekly
    May 6 2005

    Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, on his way to Kyrgyzstan for a state
    visit, spoke with reporters about the Armenian genocide question.
    "People who have no idea what even happened are making decisions as
    if the claimed event actually happened. It is not only the Armenians
    who are doing it.

    It is the opposition parties in some European countries who are
    looking for any way to shake the governments' prestige."

    A trap lies before us

    Said Gul further, "There is a huge trap that lies before us. They
    want to isolate Turkey from Western organizations, especially the EU.
    But we have friends in the Western world. In Germany, there are
    34,000 Armenians who have become German citizens, and 600,000 Turks
    who have done so. These are foot games that have to do with internal
    politics. They are games that could seriously hurt the relationship
    of two countries."

    Belgium spreading incorrect information

    Gul went on, "We are trying especially to turn back harmful steps
    which have been taken in open and actively democratic countries.
    Belgium is saying incorrect things like 'The UN and the European
    Parliament have come to a decision.' It is spreading dark stains on
    our name. We have got to address this."

    A visit to Manas University

    Gul, on his Kyrgyzstan visit, visited the Turkish International
    University of Manas. Here, he gave a speech in which he said "As
    Kyrgyzstan makes its new start, it needs to become more democratic
    ... a place where laws are applied to everyone equally."
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