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Washington Post Urges Obama to Reconsider Turkey Policy
Friday, January 3rd, 2014
U.S. President Barak Obama with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan in Washington, D.C., ahead of talks that focused on the
Armenia-Turkey normalization protocols. October 15, 2009.
WASHINGTON - `The Obama administration and the European Union should be
pressing Mr. Erdogan to respect the rule of law and give police and
prosecutors the opportunity to present their cases in court,' says the
Washington Post's editorial board in an instructive editorial
published Wednesday, calling on President Obama to reconsider its
foreign policy with Turkey.
The editorial article urges the Obama administration to finally act on
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spiraling
authoritarianism.
The authors highlight the many transgressions by Erdogan and his
administration over the years and lament the fact that the Obama
administration has not applied pressure despite the deterioration of
Turkish democracy.
The editors point to a growing rift between a Turkey that Obama once
described as `a political model for the Middle East,' and a Turkey
that seems to resemble its authoritarian neighbors more and more each
day. Not a mistaken observation when considering that Turkey is number
one again this year in the number of jailed journalists, not just in
the Middle East but in the world, topping even Iran and China.
A final and troubling trend runs parallel to the latest graft scandal
that has hit the Erdogan administration: a slanderous campaign carried
out by the pro-government media is in full swing in Turkey, accusing
the United States and Israel as dark powers who are behind the turmoil
that has gripped Turkey. This daft and deliberate anti-West discourse,
the authors say, cannot be ignored and must be given an appropriate
response by the United States.
With an ever-growing slew of offenses by the Erdogan administration
piling up, the Washington Post says there is a new urgency for the
Obama administration to reconsider its policy toward Turkey and
Erdogan.
http://asbarez.com/117995/washington-post-urges-obama-to-reconsider-turkey-policy/
From: A. Papazian
Friday, January 3rd, 2014
U.S. President Barak Obama with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan in Washington, D.C., ahead of talks that focused on the
Armenia-Turkey normalization protocols. October 15, 2009.
WASHINGTON - `The Obama administration and the European Union should be
pressing Mr. Erdogan to respect the rule of law and give police and
prosecutors the opportunity to present their cases in court,' says the
Washington Post's editorial board in an instructive editorial
published Wednesday, calling on President Obama to reconsider its
foreign policy with Turkey.
The editorial article urges the Obama administration to finally act on
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spiraling
authoritarianism.
The authors highlight the many transgressions by Erdogan and his
administration over the years and lament the fact that the Obama
administration has not applied pressure despite the deterioration of
Turkish democracy.
The editors point to a growing rift between a Turkey that Obama once
described as `a political model for the Middle East,' and a Turkey
that seems to resemble its authoritarian neighbors more and more each
day. Not a mistaken observation when considering that Turkey is number
one again this year in the number of jailed journalists, not just in
the Middle East but in the world, topping even Iran and China.
A final and troubling trend runs parallel to the latest graft scandal
that has hit the Erdogan administration: a slanderous campaign carried
out by the pro-government media is in full swing in Turkey, accusing
the United States and Israel as dark powers who are behind the turmoil
that has gripped Turkey. This daft and deliberate anti-West discourse,
the authors say, cannot be ignored and must be given an appropriate
response by the United States.
With an ever-growing slew of offenses by the Erdogan administration
piling up, the Washington Post says there is a new urgency for the
Obama administration to reconsider its policy toward Turkey and
Erdogan.
http://asbarez.com/117995/washington-post-urges-obama-to-reconsider-turkey-policy/
From: A. Papazian