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US CONGRESSMEN URGE TURKEY TO CONDEMN ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS
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14:37, 1 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, ARMENPRESS: The members of the U.S. House of
Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee have sent a letter to
the Turkish President Abdullah Gul, demanding that he condemns the
recent anti-Semitic statements by the Turkish officials. As reported
by Armenpress, quoting the CNN Turk TV Channel, the letter by Brad
Schneider (D-IL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Mark
Meadows (R-NC) was signed by 46 U.S.
Representatives and noted remarks by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan referring to Zionism as a "crime against humanity."
Recep Erdogan also blamed "the Interest rate lobby" in reference to
the protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park, which the U.S.
Representatives' letter called "a thinly veiled reference to
Jews." Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay also recently blamed
the "Jewish Diaspora" as one of the communities fueling the Turkish
demonstrations against Recep Erdogan.
The U.S. Representatives wrote of the close relationship between
the Obama administration and Turkey, urging the Turkish government
"to publicly condemn the use of anti-Semitic rhetoric by government
officials," which "has no place in a democracy.
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/727960/us-congressmen-urge-turkey-to-condemn-anti-semitic-remarks.html
14:37, 1 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, ARMENPRESS: The members of the U.S. House of
Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee have sent a letter to
the Turkish President Abdullah Gul, demanding that he condemns the
recent anti-Semitic statements by the Turkish officials. As reported
by Armenpress, quoting the CNN Turk TV Channel, the letter by Brad
Schneider (D-IL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Mark
Meadows (R-NC) was signed by 46 U.S.
Representatives and noted remarks by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan referring to Zionism as a "crime against humanity."
Recep Erdogan also blamed "the Interest rate lobby" in reference to
the protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park, which the U.S.
Representatives' letter called "a thinly veiled reference to
Jews." Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay also recently blamed
the "Jewish Diaspora" as one of the communities fueling the Turkish
demonstrations against Recep Erdogan.
The U.S. Representatives wrote of the close relationship between
the Obama administration and Turkey, urging the Turkish government
"to publicly condemn the use of anti-Semitic rhetoric by government
officials," which "has no place in a democracy.