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| The Grand Turk |
| Defiant Erdogan attacks EU, favours restoration of death penalty |
| 2017-07-18 |
| [DAWN] President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday defiantly stepped up his attacks on the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , saying ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... had to go its own way and vowing to bring back the death penalty if parliament passed it. At the opening ceremony of a memorial dedicated to the roughly 250 people who died in last year’s failed coup, Erdogan accused Brussels of "messing about" with Turkey’s decades-long bid to join the bloc. The speech in the early hours of Sunday wound up a marathon session of public appearances by Erdogan in both the capital and Istanbul overnight to mark the anniversary of last year’s defeated coup. "The stance of the European Union is clear to see ... 54 years have passed and they are still messing us about," he said, citing what he said was Brussels’ failure to keep promises on everything from a visa deal to aid for Syrian Ties with the West were strained when European governments voiced alarm at the scale of the crackdown that followed the coup. Some 150,000 people have been sacked or suspended from their jobs and more than 50,000 detained on suspicion of links with Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , whom Ankara blames for the attempted putsch. Erdogan also said he would approve, "without hesitation" the death penalty, if parliament voted to restore it -- a move that would effectively end Turkey’s bid to join the EU. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "We will sort things out for ourselves. There’s no other option." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-07-18 12:10 |