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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 3:57:34 GMT -5
Turkey Defines China Violence as GenocideWorld | July 11, 2009, Saturday Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has described ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang region as "a kind of genocide". He spoke after a night-time curfew was re-imposed in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, where Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese clashed last Sunday, the BBC reported. The death toll from the violence there has now risen from 156 to 184, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports. Photo by BGNES "There is no other way of commenting on this event... The event taking place in China is a kind of genocide... There are atrocities there, hundreds of people have been killed and 1 000 hurt. We have difficulty understanding how China's leadership can remain a spectator in the face of these events", PM Erdogan said. The death toll from the violence there has now risen from 156 to 184, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports. More than 1 000 people were injured. Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country, shares linguistic and religious links with the Uighurs in China's western-most region. The Turkish premier also urged Beijing to "address the question of human rights and do what is necessary to prosecute the guilty". Erdogan's comments came a day after Turkish Trade and Industry Minister, Nihat Ergun, urged Turks to boycott Chinese goods. Beijing has so far not publicly commented on Erdogan's criticism. www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=105659
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Post by monsterofsouli on Jul 13, 2009 21:59:25 GMT -5
Now the Turks have something against genocide? Wow! I thought they were avid supporters of genocide around the world?
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 14, 2009 12:37:44 GMT -5
Now the Turks have something against genocide? Wow! I thought they were avid supporters of genocide around the world? Perhaps you must review your thoughts on Turks.
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Post by chalkedon on Jul 14, 2009 15:42:45 GMT -5
Perhaps you should accept your dark past and be a leader in speaking out against it ! So far, your only good on the second one...
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Post by thracian08 on Jul 14, 2009 17:04:29 GMT -5
whatever.... talk all you want,
perhaps Armenians should recognize their Genocide of the Turks instead !
They did it, not us.
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Post by monsterofsouli on Jul 14, 2009 23:12:20 GMT -5
^^^ Yes, it was the all powerful Armenians with there little peice of grassless country they call Armenia that committed genocide on Turks. How do you explain the military attacks of Turks against native peoples of Europe and present day Turkey? Isn't attacking militarily a group of people and causing either physical or mental harm considered a genocide?
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Post by monsterofsouli on Jul 14, 2009 23:13:33 GMT -5
whatever.... talk all you want, perhaps Armenians should recognize their Genocide of the Turks instead ! They did it, not us. Ever heard this saying "what goes around comes around."
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 15, 2009 0:30:17 GMT -5
Perhaps you should accept your dark past and be a leader in speaking out against it ! So far, your only good on the second one... One can not be perfect.
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