The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
In recent months, Turkey’s Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, has been harshly critical of Israel and passing himself off as a champion of Palestinian rights, most recently in response to the Israeli raid on the flotilla carrying aid to Gaza.
“It should be known that we will not stay silent and unresponsive in the face of this inhuman state terror,” said Erdogan. “International law has been trampled underfoot.” Other Turkish officials have followed suit, condemning Israel for its “savagery” and attacks on innocent civilians.
It is interesting to hear such criticisms coming from a country that remains an unrepentant perpetrator of the first genocide of the twentieth century, maintains an illegal blockade of Armenia, illegally occupies 1/3 of the island of Cyprus, systematically oppresses its Kurdish population and throws innocent Kurdish children into prison (see the below BBC report video).
Now if that’s not the pot calling the kettle black, we don’t know what is.
You can take action on this issue; Click here to alert your Senators and Representatives to Turkey’s shameless attempts to take the moral high ground despite its record of non-stop abuse at home and violence abroad.
You said it well! It amazes me how people forget the past and in this case the here and now. Thank you for your post. It’s important that we remember, and those who are uneducated be told whose boat they are boarding!
Turkish state forces killed a child yesterday by running over him with armored vehicle:
http://en.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=article&nuceID=230
About 10 days ago, a Turkish solder threw explosives in middle of kids playing. Kids were 7-10 years old and one of them died and two of them seriously injured.
The children imprisoned in Diyarbakir prison under the charges of terrorism are now given isolation punishments.
http://en.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=article&nuceID=240
Let’s not also forget that Turkey had, for years, imposed food and supply embargo on many Kurdish towns and villages.
So, Turkey is the defender of human rights now? Really?!
DONT FORGUET THE POWER OF THE ARMENIANS OF ARGENTINA, AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE ARMENIAN DIASPORA, PLEASE
Erdogan Cancels Argentina Trip, Armenian Lobby Blamed
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058104.html