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CHP SUBMITS CENSURE MOTION AGAINST DAVUTOGLU
Today's Zaman
Oct 1 2012
Turkey
The Republican People's Party (CHP) has formally submitted a censure
motion against Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu, accusing
him of conducting a dangerous and risky foreign policy, while, at
the same time hiding numerous facts from the Turkish public.
According to the Anatolia news agency, in the preamble of the censure
motion, it was noted that a delegation of CHP members and deputies,
after receiving permission on Aug. 25 from the Prime Ministry's
Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) to visit the
camp sites where Syrians were temporarily being accommodated in the
Hatay province, wanted to visit one of the camps but was denied entry.
Referring to the refusal which the delegation received in their first
attempt, it was said in the motion that the Turkish authorities had
defended the ban, saying that defected Syrian army officers were
staying with their families in the camp which the delegation had
wanted to visit.
Attention was also drawn to the fact that some claims which were
formerly made about Turkish foreign policy turned out to be true. It
was claimed that the particular camp served as the headquarters of
the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which aims to overthrow the Syrian regime
and were carrying out, to this end, massacres from time to time. The
commanders of the FSA were claimed to have been accommodated in
this camp.
"The names of the commanders of the FSA are enumerated in publications
and some foreign journalists, by infiltrating the camp, managed to
conduct interviews with the commanders of the FSA. That even deputies
are denied entry into a camp where former Syrian army officers, who
are now civilians, were said to be living with their families proves
that the claims are correct," it was noted in the motion.
The CHP also maintained that the fact that foreigners in military
uniform were freely wandering around in Hatay, that stories of these
people were published in the foreign press and that the border gates
between Turkey and Syria were left uncontrolled were proof enough that
Turkey was clearly supporting an armed struggle in Syria. Liberated
areas formed by armed groups within Syria disrupt the integrity of
the Syrian territory while at the same time putting Turkey's national
integrity and security in danger, the motion claimed.
Turkey's foreign policy towards Armenia was another reason for the
submission of the censure motion against Davutoglu. Some protocols had
been signed with Armenia but on account of insufficient preliminary
work, troubles in Turkey's relations with Azerbaijan erupted and the
protocols did not go into effect, it was noted in the motion.
The last item in the censure motion was with regards to the
disruption of relations with Israel. Following the killing of nine
Turkish citizens by Israeli soldiers on the Mavi Marmara aid flotilla,
diplomatic and military relations with Israel have come to a standstill
and Turkey has lost the capacity for communicating with all parties
in the Arab-Israeli conflict, it was stated.
The CHP also claimed that Turkey, while laying down, in a loud tone,
some conditions for the improvement of relations with Israel, has
given in to other demands, as was in the case of an early warning
radar which was set up in the province of Malatya, that would put its
own national security at risk for the sake of Israel's defense needs.
The risky foreign policy, seeking a sphere of influence in the Middle
East while moving away from the EU, has finally come to a stage where
Turkey's national security itself is under threat, it was noted in
the motion.
Today's Zaman
Oct 1 2012
Turkey
The Republican People's Party (CHP) has formally submitted a censure
motion against Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu, accusing
him of conducting a dangerous and risky foreign policy, while, at
the same time hiding numerous facts from the Turkish public.
According to the Anatolia news agency, in the preamble of the censure
motion, it was noted that a delegation of CHP members and deputies,
after receiving permission on Aug. 25 from the Prime Ministry's
Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) to visit the
camp sites where Syrians were temporarily being accommodated in the
Hatay province, wanted to visit one of the camps but was denied entry.
Referring to the refusal which the delegation received in their first
attempt, it was said in the motion that the Turkish authorities had
defended the ban, saying that defected Syrian army officers were
staying with their families in the camp which the delegation had
wanted to visit.
Attention was also drawn to the fact that some claims which were
formerly made about Turkish foreign policy turned out to be true. It
was claimed that the particular camp served as the headquarters of
the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which aims to overthrow the Syrian regime
and were carrying out, to this end, massacres from time to time. The
commanders of the FSA were claimed to have been accommodated in
this camp.
"The names of the commanders of the FSA are enumerated in publications
and some foreign journalists, by infiltrating the camp, managed to
conduct interviews with the commanders of the FSA. That even deputies
are denied entry into a camp where former Syrian army officers, who
are now civilians, were said to be living with their families proves
that the claims are correct," it was noted in the motion.
The CHP also maintained that the fact that foreigners in military
uniform were freely wandering around in Hatay, that stories of these
people were published in the foreign press and that the border gates
between Turkey and Syria were left uncontrolled were proof enough that
Turkey was clearly supporting an armed struggle in Syria. Liberated
areas formed by armed groups within Syria disrupt the integrity of
the Syrian territory while at the same time putting Turkey's national
integrity and security in danger, the motion claimed.
Turkey's foreign policy towards Armenia was another reason for the
submission of the censure motion against Davutoglu. Some protocols had
been signed with Armenia but on account of insufficient preliminary
work, troubles in Turkey's relations with Azerbaijan erupted and the
protocols did not go into effect, it was noted in the motion.
The last item in the censure motion was with regards to the
disruption of relations with Israel. Following the killing of nine
Turkish citizens by Israeli soldiers on the Mavi Marmara aid flotilla,
diplomatic and military relations with Israel have come to a standstill
and Turkey has lost the capacity for communicating with all parties
in the Arab-Israeli conflict, it was stated.
The CHP also claimed that Turkey, while laying down, in a loud tone,
some conditions for the improvement of relations with Israel, has
given in to other demands, as was in the case of an early warning
radar which was set up in the province of Malatya, that would put its
own national security at risk for the sake of Israel's defense needs.
The risky foreign policy, seeking a sphere of influence in the Middle
East while moving away from the EU, has finally come to a stage where
Turkey's national security itself is under threat, it was noted in
the motion.