Tuesday , 19 December 2006
In addition to the Greek Cypriots, now the Armenians are making pressure on the European Union to use Turkey’s EU bid to persuade Turkey for pro-Armenian policies. The extremist nationalist the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnaks) says Turkey should be made to recognize the so-called genocide before it can become an EU member. The Tahnaks were the responsible for many terrorist attacks against the Ottoman and Turkish diplomats and politicians during the 1920s, 70s and 80s.
Kiro Manoyan, the director of the organization, said the EU had used Greece and Cyprus against Turkey and the time for Armenia would come as well. Turkish media sees the co-opearion between the EU, Greeks and Armenians as religious solidarity against the Muslim Turkish people.
According to the PanArmenian agency, Manoyan said the Armenian issue would eventually become an instrument for the European Union and urged all Armenians to be ready for such a development.
The genocide issue and the Armenian lobby have a significant impact on some EU countries. France and Netherlands, two countries seemingly against Turkey in the EU, have made the matter an internal one.
A bill making it a crime to reject the Armenian claims passed in the French parliament on Oct. 12. The bill awaits approval from the Senate and President Jacques Chirac, through probably will not pass.
On Oct. 22, three Turkish-Dutch electoral candidates in Holland were removed from their party lists for not accepting the Armenian claims.
The Armenian constitution name some of Turkey’s eastern provinces ‘Western Armenia’. The constitution does not recognise Turkey’s national borders. Armenia also does not recognise Azerbaijan’s national borders. 20 per cent of the Azeri territories have been under the Armenian occupation. Turkey closed its territorial borders when Armenia attacked Azeri territories.
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