I know it's not really funny, but the thought that you can be arrested and tried for "insulting 'Turkishness'" has always amused me.

This isn't 'new' news as such, merely the continuation of a long running story that refuses to go away and as it hasn't really been mentioned on here before, I thought it post it.

The Turkish State's continuing denial of the Armenian Massacres, and the manner by which it deals with those who openly bring attention to the crimes committed would, ordinarily, have prevented it's joining the E.U.

At least you might have thought so. But it appears not to be the case. Were the events too long ago, are Armenians just not sexy enough for anyone to care, or is it just the need to have Turkey as a fully paid up member of Europe the real reason..?

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not to mention their terrible treatment of Kurdish people.

aliceb wrote:

not to mention their terrible treatment of Kurdish people.

Not to mention that the Turkish government arrests and tortures their own ethnic Turkish citizens who oppose their policies. I guess they themselves as a Government have least of an idea how to respect "Turkishness".

The Turkish and Kurdish communities in the UK are closely linked. During the Armenian genocide there were Turkish folk who hid and protected Armenians.

As long as the Turkish government continues its genocide against the Kurdish population, they won't own up to the Armenian genocide and as long as they don't deal with their past, they will carry on repeating their mistakes.

Here is a good book about the Armenian genocide:

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Please sign this petition to ask for the Armenian genocide to be recognised. Only 22 countries so far have given it official recognition:

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