‘No Freedom of Speech in Switzerland’
Friday, May 06 2005 @ 06:31 AM Central Daylight Time
By Dr. Nilgun GULCAN -- Opinion by Admin
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Switzerland authorities opened a legal procedure against Turkish Institute of History (TTK) Chairman Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halacoglu about his statement on Armenian allegations. Prof. Halacoglu, like me, does not accept the Armenian claims. According to Halacoglu not Turks but the Armenians committed massacres and genocide-like attacks against civilian Turkish and other Muslim population during the Ottoman period. The Swiss Government and Parliement were criticizing Turkey for its attitude regarding the freedom of speech. Swiss politicians in the past were arguing that all could say anything they think. But now, they even cannot bear different ideas. They even try to stop Turkish academicians to speak. Halacoglu cannot understand the so-called European measures to silence him:
"They tried Galileo, but the world continued to turn… It is not possible to understand how countries like France, Belgium, and Switzerland could have moves to forbid the expression of rejection of the Armenian genocide. What sort of democracy, what sort of freedom of thought is this?" Halacoglu says.
The game is getting dirtier. Armenian diaspora manipulates the Western public opinion and the racist and anti-Turks of the European countries abuse the Armenian issue. However they do not know that they undermine the European ideas and their own national interests. All know that neither Armenians nor the ‘pro-Armenian anti-Turkish politicians’ are sincere. None of them seeks a real solution but continuity of the problem. On the other hand Armenia and Turkey pay the bill.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears on:
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20050506063125876
Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...].The bold emphasis is mine.
By Dr. Nilgun GULCAN -- Opinion by Admin
[...]
Switzerland authorities opened a legal procedure against Turkish Institute of History (TTK) Chairman Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halacoglu about his statement on Armenian allegations. Prof. Halacoglu, like me, does not accept the Armenian claims. According to Halacoglu not Turks but the Armenians committed massacres and genocide-like attacks against civilian Turkish and other Muslim population during the Ottoman period. The Swiss Government and Parliement were criticizing Turkey for its attitude regarding the freedom of speech. Swiss politicians in the past were arguing that all could say anything they think. But now, they even cannot bear different ideas. They even try to stop Turkish academicians to speak. Halacoglu cannot understand the so-called European measures to silence him:
"They tried Galileo, but the world continued to turn… It is not possible to understand how countries like France, Belgium, and Switzerland could have moves to forbid the expression of rejection of the Armenian genocide. What sort of democracy, what sort of freedom of thought is this?" Halacoglu says.
The game is getting dirtier. Armenian diaspora manipulates the Western public opinion and the racist and anti-Turks of the European countries abuse the Armenian issue. However they do not know that they undermine the European ideas and their own national interests. All know that neither Armenians nor the ‘pro-Armenian anti-Turkish politicians’ are sincere. None of them seeks a real solution but continuity of the problem. On the other hand Armenia and Turkey pay the bill.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears on:
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20050506063125876
Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...].The bold emphasis is mine.
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