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The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
has reproached his U.S. counterpart over four different statements that
had come from Washington criticizing the police crackdown on Turkish
protestors. Davutoğlu expressed his reaction to U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry saying, “These sorts of incidents happen everywhere and they
are considered unexceptional. Then why are they regarded extraordinary
when happening in Turkey?” Following the fourth statement from Washington since last week, most recently on Tuesday from Vice President Joe Biden urging Turkey’s government to respect the rights of its political opponents, the Turkish foreign minister had Tuesday called his U.S. counterpart by phone to respond to criticisms over a violent crackdown against anti-government protesters.
The minister told Kerry about the nationwide demonstrations in Turkey, and said, “There is not a second class democracy in Turkey,” a Turkish diplomat told the Hürriyet Daily News.
“In democracies, these protests may happen. There is a right to demonstrations in Turkey. We respect peaceful demonstrators, but there are ones who abuse,” Davutoğlu told Kerry, citing those harming public property, according to the diplomat.
The minister recalled the protests on Wall Street in the U.S and said similar incidents were regarded as ordinary, but the ones in Turkey were considered extraordinary.
- On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin said they hoped the Turkish government could “find a solution to problems, which are not easy, set forth by opposition and civic society.”
- Those protests would be discussed on legitimate platforms in such a way that people would hear each other, said Putin.
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US Vice-President Joe Biden said 'Turkey does not need to make a choice between economic prosperity and democracy'....
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US Vice-President Joe Biden said that he had "no doubts on Turkey's course" in his comments Tuesday on Gezi Park protests which started in reaction to a construction project inTaksim's Gezi Park in Istanbul and quickly spiraled into nation-wide demonstrations against the government.
Speaking at the 32nd conference of Turkish-American Council, Turkey' American Friends, Turkish-American Business Council and Foreign Economic Relations Board, with the participation of Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister for economy Ali Babacan, Biden said, Gezi Park events caused world-wide worries including the US.
Biden said the US defends freedom of gathering, freedom and independence of press, and non-violence by the state and the protesters in such conditions.
"Only Turks can solve their own problems. The US cannot seem indifferent to the outcome because we believe that only countries that have an open society, political systems and economy and those who are strongly committed to universal human rights will thrive and become most powerful nations in the world," he said.
Biden said the US was ready to help Turkey to secure a safer, more prosperous and a more democratic future, adding, Turkey was "a rising power promised hope for everyone."
"Today's Turkey has the chance to show that it does not need to make a choice between economic prosperity and democracy, between a system authorizing the election-winners and a system protecting the opposition," he said.
- Turkish-American relations
Biden stated the reason behind Turkey's economic success in the last 10 years was that the country had yielded the benefits of moving towards being a more politically open nation, pointing out that Turkey had become the 17th largest economy of the world, its inflation decreased to 6 per cent, and in May 2013, it paid off its debt to International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Reminding that Turkey and the US established Economic and Commercial Strategic Cooperation mechanism in 2009 which carried the bilateral trade volume to $20 billion, increasing it by 75 percent, Biden expressed that Turkey had $1 billion investment in the US, while US investments in Turkey amounted some $5 billion.
Saying that those figures were insufficient, Biden listed technology, pharmaceutical industry, energy sectors as potential areas of cooperation between the two nations.
Regarding free trade agreement negotiations between the US and the European Union (EU), Biden said, "When the time is ripe, we will be able to carry our trade relations with Turkey to the next stage."
Emphasizing on defense cooperation between Turkey and the US as being two NATO allies, Biden said, "As the world changed, so did the scope of our cooperation", listing G-20, struggle with global terrorism, several Middle Eastern affairs including two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian dispute, a successful transformation process in Egypt, a democratic, multi-ethnic and non-sectarian Syria with strong institutions and non-nuclear power Iran as areas of current cooperation.
"We had differences of opinion about Israel with Turkey, however now Turkey understands our full commitment to Israel's security and existence" said Biden, expressed the US gratitude for "re-establishing the strategic relations between Turkey and Israel."
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/190004--us-vice-president-says-has-no-doubts-on-turkeys-course
5/6/13
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said, economic dynamism is not enough for Turkey's success......
ReplyDeleteANKARA (AA) – German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said, Turkish government should recognize pluralism and citizenship rights.
Westerwell said, “Protests showed the formation of a civil society in an increasing way”, according to the statement released by Germany’s embassy in Ankara.
Westerwelle added, “Turkish government can and has to prove that it takes modernization seriously. Economic dynamism is not enough for Turkey's success and modernism. In addition to that, it should recognize pluralism and citizenship rights.”
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/190139--german-fm-calls-on-turkey-to-recognize-pluralism
5/6/13
Δυσαρέσκεια Νταβούτογλου από τις δηλώσεις Κέρι για τα επεισόδια....
ReplyDeleteΟ επικεφαλής της τουρκικής διπλωματίας Αχμέτ Νταβούτογλου συνομίλησε το βράδυ της Τρίτης τηλεφωνικά με τον υπουργό Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ Τζον Κέρι για να του εκφράσει τη δυσαρέσκεια της Άγκυρας για τα σχόλια της Ουάσινγκτον για τις διαδηλώσεις στην Τουρκία.
"Η Τουρκία δεν είναι δημοκρατία δεύτερης κατηγορίας" φέρεται να δήλωσε ο Νταβούτογλου, σύμφωνα με τουρκική διπλωματική πηγή που μίλησε στο Γαλλικό Πρακτορείο ζητώντας να μην κατονομαστεί.
Ο Τούρκος υπουργός κατηγόρησε την Ουάσινγκτον ότι αντιμετώπισε τις αντικυβερνητικές διαδηλώσεις που συνεχίζονται εδώ και έξι ημέρες ως "ασυνήθιστη κατάσταση", σημειώνοντας ότι παρόμοιες κινητοποιήσεις έχουν γίνει και σε άλλες χώρες, όπως για παράδειγμα το 2011 στις ΗΠΑ από το κίνημα Occupy Wall Street.
Ο Νταβούτογλου ενημέρωσε επίσης τον Κέρι ότι διεξάγεται ήδη έρευνα για την ενδεχόμενη χρήση υπερβολικής βίας από την τουρκική αστυνομία.
Την Παρασκευή η εκπρόσωπος του Στέιτ Ντιπάρτμεντ Τζένιφερ Πσάκι είχε εκφράσει την ανησυχία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών για "το μεγάλο αριθμό τραυματιών" από την αστυνομική επέμβαση στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και κάλεσε την Τουρκία να σεβαστεί την ελευθερία της έκφρασης και των συναθροίσεων. Την Δευτέρα, ο ίδιος ο Κέρι καταδίκασε την "υπερβολική" χρήση βίας από την αστυνομία και είπε ότι ελπίζει να γίνει μια πλήρης έρευνα για τα επεισόδια.
http://www.protothema.gr/world/article/?aid=284024
5/6/13
Davutoglu reacts to US' Gezi Park statements by calling Kerry....
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Ankara (AA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu reacted to US' Gezi Park statements and said Turkey was not a second class democracy by calling his counterpart John Kerry.
Reminding that similar incidents occurred in various European capitals, Davutoglu said "Many democratic countries encounter with similar protests and this is the test of the democratic systems."
Davutoglu said "Similar events in other democratic countries are perceived as 'ordinary', but what happened in Turkey is defined as 'extraordinary'. Turkey is not a second class democracy."
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/190141--davutoglu-reacts-to-us-gezi-park-statements-by-calling-kerry
5/6/13