Viet Nam Human Rights
'Human rights and freedoms shattered in Europe'
20/4/17
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| How is the real relationship between Turkey and the EU? |
Ilnur Cevik, a senior advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
emphasized on Sunday that Islamophobia and xenophobia in Europe were on the
rise and there was enmity towards Turkish minorities in countries such as Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Belgium.
Speaking during the Turkish-British Tatlidil
Forum in southern Antalya province, Cevik said that the "hostility, insecurity and
dissonance towards the Turks" in Europe had to be resolved
as soon as possible and Europeans should see that European values such as human
rights and freedoms were being shattered, underlining that severe far-right
logic and extremism toward minorities were rising in Europe.
The Tatlidil Forum,
established in 2011, brings together leading figures from the fields of
academia, business, the media and politics to strengthen relations
between Turkey and the U.K.
Cevik pointed out
that Europe would go back to the terrible Nazi era right before the Second
World War, if European peoples don't do anything about it, if they don't say
'this extremist logic has caused many troubles, these fascist views led us to
the Second World War', if they don't remember that they were ruined and
miserable and if they do not accept that it was a non-civilized behavior to
send the Turkish Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya out of their country
[Netherlands] without even letting her enter Turkey's Consulate building.
On March 11, the
Dutch government first canceled a flight by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu and then blocked a convoy carrying Family Minister Kaya, forcing her
to leave the country under police escort. The ministers had been due to meet
Turkish residents ahead of the referendum vote.
When Turkish
citizens in Rotterdam
tried to peacefully protest, they were met by police using batons, dogs and
water cannons, in what some analysts called a disproportionate use of force.
Turkey has strongly condemned the incidents and suspended
high-level diplomatic ties with the Netherlands.
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All comments [ 10 ]
I don't think the EU really wants Turkey to be as a member of the organization
EU implements measures to keep it apart from troubles due to the flows of immigrants
Living in EU is now insecure
Is Turkey more European or Asian in general?
many Turks feel a sort of “identity crisis” when label themselves as European
EU will remain a deeply divided society
police shouldn't use batons, dogs and water cannons against Turkish protesters
Turkey’s relations with the EU has become strained
When a new member state wishes to join the EU, they have to go through a series of tests and checks to make sure that their economy, politics, and societies are in-line with the common EU values. Turkey in turn doesn't meet such values.
In Europe, there are some who worry that Turkey would be “a burden” for the rest of the Union
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