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Originally posted by BackToMine
I don't disagree on Turkey's abismal human rights record. Read above I said "No one denies that." And the rest of your comments about Turkey's past is also 100% correct.
Oh but there is opposition:
http://www.electionworld.org/turkey.htm#parties
Remember when Turkey didn't allow US to use its soil to invade Iraq? Well that was voted in the Turkish parliment more than once even though it would have been in the best interests of Turkey to allow the US because of return favours that the US promised them. They rejected it though.
I agree its democracy can be improved to Western Europe standards as the President wants but its still a democracy (even the US recognizes it as a Democracy http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/tu.html).
The US still doesn't care about Turkey's past, the US congress tried to pass a bill to recognize Turkey's massacres but was blocked by the White House after Turkey sent some delegates to warn them that they'll use their vote different and that they will deny US the use of its bases to attack any country, etc.
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You have a point there. But don't you agree Turkey has to recognize its past atrocities and put them behind, so it can start a fresh begining in the EU?
France think so
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4092933.stm
As for the U.S., it is a matter of time before it recognizes the Armenian Genocide. Armenian lobby is one of the powerful ethnic lobbies here. Plus the U.S. does not need Turkey as much as before, the Cold War is over and Iraq has been conqured, so I don't see any use for Turkey. I guess we'll just have to see what happens.
But I want to thank you that you aknowlege the massacres that took place.