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PARLIAMENT CHIEF URGES TURKS ABROAD TO BE MORE UNITED
World Bulletin, Turkey
Feb 25 2015
Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek tells Canadian Turks that community
groups should become more united.
World Bulletin / News Desk Feb 25 2015
Turks living abroad should be more like the Armenian diaspora when
it comes to standing up for their home country, a senior Turkish
politician has said.
The speaker of the Turkish parliament, Cemil Cicek, told Turkish
people living in Canada that they need a more "organized" association.
Cicek was speaking in the Canadian capital Wednesday.
"There is a need to organize a lobby, to reveal a reaction if need
be and to convey opinions to others," Cicek told a meeting of Turkish
community representatives in Ottawa.
Cicek cited Armenians as an example of how a small number of people
did much more than the many Turkish citizens living abroad.
"A group of 200 Armenians apply to the parliament of the country they
live in and ask for a motion on the allegations that Turks committed
genocide, whereas 50,000 Turkish citizens fail to make a 500-signature
petition," he said.
The term of "genocide" refers to the 1915 incidents that took place
during World War I when a portion of the Armenian population living
in the Ottoman Empire sided with the invading Russians and revolted.
The uprisings came about after a decision by the empire to relocate
Armenians in eastern Anatolia.
Turkey officially refutes this description, saying that although
Armenians died during relocations, many Turks also lost their lives
in attacks carried out by Armenian gangs in Anatolia.
Cicek said divisions among Turkish associations were the reason for
this lack of action and called for unity.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/155719/parliament-chief-urges-turks-abroad-to-be-more-united
World Bulletin, Turkey
Feb 25 2015
Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek tells Canadian Turks that community
groups should become more united.
World Bulletin / News Desk Feb 25 2015
Turks living abroad should be more like the Armenian diaspora when
it comes to standing up for their home country, a senior Turkish
politician has said.
The speaker of the Turkish parliament, Cemil Cicek, told Turkish
people living in Canada that they need a more "organized" association.
Cicek was speaking in the Canadian capital Wednesday.
"There is a need to organize a lobby, to reveal a reaction if need
be and to convey opinions to others," Cicek told a meeting of Turkish
community representatives in Ottawa.
Cicek cited Armenians as an example of how a small number of people
did much more than the many Turkish citizens living abroad.
"A group of 200 Armenians apply to the parliament of the country they
live in and ask for a motion on the allegations that Turks committed
genocide, whereas 50,000 Turkish citizens fail to make a 500-signature
petition," he said.
The term of "genocide" refers to the 1915 incidents that took place
during World War I when a portion of the Armenian population living
in the Ottoman Empire sided with the invading Russians and revolted.
The uprisings came about after a decision by the empire to relocate
Armenians in eastern Anatolia.
Turkey officially refutes this description, saying that although
Armenians died during relocations, many Turks also lost their lives
in attacks carried out by Armenian gangs in Anatolia.
Cicek said divisions among Turkish associations were the reason for
this lack of action and called for unity.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/155719/parliament-chief-urges-turks-abroad-to-be-more-united