Re: [A-List] Turkey & the EU

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My advice to my Turkey audience when I was there for a conference last year was for Turkey to turn back to Asia.  Joining the EU and staying in NATO are the most self-destructive strategy Turkey can choose for itself.

Henry C.K. Liu

Esen Tolga wrote:

Bob,

Turkey at the moment is paralysed because of  the
international obligations, agreements and
organizations  she signed or joined. The latest of all
is the hopless EU campaign. NATO, IMF and the World
Bank  are the others. US has a very great infuence on
Turkey in every aspect you can think of .( Military,
economy, politics, media, education etc.) The contents
of the agreements signed by the US after WWII even
today are not well known by the public.

Military agreements with Israel are the natural result
of the above mentioned relationships.

When George Soros came to Turkey 1 or 2 years ago he
said to a group of Turkish businessmen : "The best
export product of Turkey is her army".

People of Turkey do not want to be the soldiers of
imperialism. But some facts are very well hidden or
deceived by the media. Besides because of the economic
crisis most people  think of nothing but how to make
ends meet at the end of the month.


I think:

Turkey should get out of NATO. Turkey should stop
paying her domestic and foreign depts and set a new
schedule for dept payment. All the US military bases
must be closed. Turkey should end the EU campaign ,
(which does nothing but hopelessly tie her to the
West) and should start a new kind of relationship
with the EU . Turkey should increase its relations ,
with Iran, Syria, Russia, China , India, Venezuella,
Cuba, Argentina and the like.



--- Bob Enoch <bobenoch@xxxxxxx> wrote:

  

Welcome to Tolga, and greetings to Sabri.

Perhaps you might be willing to help
us understand Turkey's attitude on Palestine, and
Israel.
I mean no challenge; I know it is a matter of
struggle in your country.
I would be grateful to hear how Turks view the
military agreements with
Israel.

Bob





    

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