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*** 25-Nov-16 World View -- Turkey furious at EU parliament's vote to end accession talks
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Terrorist car bomb in southern Turkey kills two
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Aftermath of Thursday's car bombing in Adana in southern Turkey (AFP)
A terrorist car bomb attack on Thursday on a government building in
the city of Adana in southern Turkey killed at least two people and
wounded dozens of others. The bomber fled in another vehicle, but was
captured after police opened fire on the vehicle.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but
Turkey has suffered numerous terrorist attacks in the last year,
perpetrated either by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is
recognized as a terror group by Turkey, the US and the EU or by the
so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh).
Turkey responded with air force warplanes that destroyed a number of
PKK targets in southeastern Diyarbakir province in Turkey, the PKK
stronghold. Turkey's military said that six PKK members were killed,
and that Turkish soldiers seized weapons and explosive substances in a
warehouse following the airstrikes.
In addition to being targeted by numerous terror attacks, Turkey was
targeted by an attempted army coup with tanks and jet fighters on July
15 that left 246 people dead and more than 2,000 wounded.
The seeming endless bombings and other attacks on Turkey have
increased nationalist feelings and increased the popularity of
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Daily Sabah (Ankara) and Middle East Eye and AP
Related Articles
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**** Turkey furious at EU parliament's vote to end accession talks
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The European Union parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to call
for an end to EU's talks with Turkey to join the EU. The vote is
non-binding, and may be ignored by the people in Brussels who are
negotiating with Turkey.
Despite the symbolic nature of the vote, it has infuriated Turkish
officials and people, who see a European Union not only unsympathetic
to the coup attempt and repeated bloody terrorist attacks -- all of
which they believe would be completely intolerable to Europeans if the
same things occurred on EU soil -- but as even more sympathetic to the
coup plotters and terrorists than to Turkey.
Despite the coup attempt and terrorist violence in Turkey, many
Europeans have been appalled at the massive purge that Turkey's
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pursuing -- arresting around
150 journalists, detaining more than 2,300 judges and prosecutors,
suspending or dismissing almost 130,000 public employees, and
arresting Kurdish members of parliament, accusing them of supporting
the PKK. And many people point to the fact that Erdogan shut down the
country's largest news organization, Zaman Media, months before the
coup attempt.
There has always been a fairly high level of mutual xenophobia between
Europeans and Turkey, some of it dating back to the days of the
Ottoman Empire. The negotiations for Turkey to join the European
Union, which began over ten years ago, have only increased the mutual
xenophobia, as the EU made set one condition after another that the
Turks considered unreasonable.
Within the last few weeks, Erdogan has suggested that Turkey might
reinstate the death penalty, which was lifted in 2003 as one of the
EU's conditions. Reinstating the death penalty would certainly kill
any chance of Turkey joining the EU, and Thursday's symbolic vote by
the European parliament may be considered a warning shot.
The EU needs Turkey as an ally for many reasons. One reason is the
EU-Turkey refugee deal, which has cut the number of Syrian, Iraqi and
Afghan refugees entering the EU by around 90%. That deal is now
hanging by a thread. Another reason is that the US and Nato need
Turkey's Incirlik air base for air operations in Syria.
Long-time readers are aware that Generational Dynamics predicts that
in the coming Clash of Civilizations world war, the US will be allied
with India, Russia and Iran, while China will be allied with Pakistan
and the Sunni Muslim states, including Turkey. This prediction seemed
fanciful when I wrote about ten years ago, but we've seen it come true
step by step. The Barack Obama administration has been cozying up to
Iran, and now the Donald Trump administration appears poised to cozy
up to Russia. In the meantime, countries like Saudi Arabia and
Turkey, which used to be close allies, have become increasingly
distant from and hostile to the US. So the trend lines continue to
move in the direction of the ten-year-old prediction. Daily Sabah (Ankara) and VOA and Daily Sabah and Russia Today and Daily Sabah
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Adana, Diyarbakir, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, European Union, Incirlik air base
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Terrorist car bomb in southern Turkey kills two
- Turkey furious at EU parliament's vote to end accession talks
****
**** Terrorist car bomb in southern Turkey kills two
****
Aftermath of Thursday's car bombing in Adana in southern Turkey (AFP)
A terrorist car bomb attack on Thursday on a government building in
the city of Adana in southern Turkey killed at least two people and
wounded dozens of others. The bomber fled in another vehicle, but was
captured after police opened fire on the vehicle.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but
Turkey has suffered numerous terrorist attacks in the last year,
perpetrated either by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is
recognized as a terror group by Turkey, the US and the EU or by the
so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh).
Turkey responded with air force warplanes that destroyed a number of
PKK targets in southeastern Diyarbakir province in Turkey, the PKK
stronghold. Turkey's military said that six PKK members were killed,
and that Turkish soldiers seized weapons and explosive substances in a
warehouse following the airstrikes.
In addition to being targeted by numerous terror attacks, Turkey was
targeted by an attempted army coup with tanks and jet fighters on July
15 that left 246 people dead and more than 2,000 wounded.
The seeming endless bombings and other attacks on Turkey have
increased nationalist feelings and increased the popularity of
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Daily Sabah (Ankara) and Middle East Eye and AP
Related Articles
- Car bomb attack on military in Ankara Turkey kills 28 (18-Feb-2016)
- Turkey's Erdogan eliminates more opposition in quest for power (06-Nov-2016)
- Turkey's Erdogan gives himself dictatorial powers, moving Turkey away from the West (22-Jul-2016)
****
**** Turkey furious at EU parliament's vote to end accession talks
****
The European Union parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to call
for an end to EU's talks with Turkey to join the EU. The vote is
non-binding, and may be ignored by the people in Brussels who are
negotiating with Turkey.
Despite the symbolic nature of the vote, it has infuriated Turkish
officials and people, who see a European Union not only unsympathetic
to the coup attempt and repeated bloody terrorist attacks -- all of
which they believe would be completely intolerable to Europeans if the
same things occurred on EU soil -- but as even more sympathetic to the
coup plotters and terrorists than to Turkey.
Despite the coup attempt and terrorist violence in Turkey, many
Europeans have been appalled at the massive purge that Turkey's
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pursuing -- arresting around
150 journalists, detaining more than 2,300 judges and prosecutors,
suspending or dismissing almost 130,000 public employees, and
arresting Kurdish members of parliament, accusing them of supporting
the PKK. And many people point to the fact that Erdogan shut down the
country's largest news organization, Zaman Media, months before the
coup attempt.
There has always been a fairly high level of mutual xenophobia between
Europeans and Turkey, some of it dating back to the days of the
Ottoman Empire. The negotiations for Turkey to join the European
Union, which began over ten years ago, have only increased the mutual
xenophobia, as the EU made set one condition after another that the
Turks considered unreasonable.
Within the last few weeks, Erdogan has suggested that Turkey might
reinstate the death penalty, which was lifted in 2003 as one of the
EU's conditions. Reinstating the death penalty would certainly kill
any chance of Turkey joining the EU, and Thursday's symbolic vote by
the European parliament may be considered a warning shot.
The EU needs Turkey as an ally for many reasons. One reason is the
EU-Turkey refugee deal, which has cut the number of Syrian, Iraqi and
Afghan refugees entering the EU by around 90%. That deal is now
hanging by a thread. Another reason is that the US and Nato need
Turkey's Incirlik air base for air operations in Syria.
Long-time readers are aware that Generational Dynamics predicts that
in the coming Clash of Civilizations world war, the US will be allied
with India, Russia and Iran, while China will be allied with Pakistan
and the Sunni Muslim states, including Turkey. This prediction seemed
fanciful when I wrote about ten years ago, but we've seen it come true
step by step. The Barack Obama administration has been cozying up to
Iran, and now the Donald Trump administration appears poised to cozy
up to Russia. In the meantime, countries like Saudi Arabia and
Turkey, which used to be close allies, have become increasingly
distant from and hostile to the US. So the trend lines continue to
move in the direction of the ten-year-old prediction. Daily Sabah (Ankara) and VOA and Daily Sabah and Russia Today and Daily Sabah
Related Articles
- EU's expected scathing report on Turkey may scuttle refugee deal (09-Nov-2016)
- Increasing anger in Turkey threatens the EU-Turkey migrant deal (28-Aug-2016)
- Turkey's 'shameful day for free press' as government seizes Zaman media (06-Mar-2016)
- Arab views of Iran nuclear deal (15-Jul-2015)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Adana, Diyarbakir, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, European Union, Incirlik air base
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