
“Turkey believes Iran has equal rights with all other countries to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes,” said Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, in a press conference in Ankara on February 3, 2010.
On the same day, the UN Nuclear Watchdog (IAEA) first time reported its agreement with Israeli hoax “Tehran may develop a nuclear-armed missile” – Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated Ankara’s stand in favour of a resolution of the on-going dispute over Iran’s neclear program through diplomatic means. He briefed US Undersecretary of State, William J. Burns (a pro-Israel Zionist) who was in Ankara on a regional tour of the region to seek help from Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Baku in pushing “crippling” sanctions against Islamic Iran over its disputed nuclear program. Glyn Davies, US ambassador at UN and IAEA was also in the town to convince Turkish foreign ministry of the first-ever IAEA Smoking Gun against Iran’s nuclear program.
On last Thursday, there was an interesting Q/A between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Congressman Steve Israel (R- NY) in the Israeli Knesset (Oops! I mean at the Congressional Committee):
SI: “I am concerned about where Turkey is going because it’s weakening international efforts to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, defending Tehran’s position and acting irresponsibly?”
HC: “Turke supports Iran, because – “Turkey shares a long border with Iran and has religious, commercial and cultural ties with that country, it opposes Iran’s aggressive policies. US government has worked very hard to persuade Turkish government to pressure Iran, which is expected to respond to the demands of United States soon.”
SI: “I am concerned about Turkey’s strained relations with Israel, the Cyprus problem and Turkey’s illegal occupation (Turkish Cyprus) and Turkey’s stance regarding the mass killing in Darfur.”
HC: “Turkish government has been critical of country of Israel for humanitarian reasons because of Israel’s Gaza offensive. Turkey has been engaged in an assertive foreign policy in an effort to solve its problem with Armenia”.
SI: “Would United States review its relation with Turkey in light of Turkey’s review of its relation with the US and the rest of the world (Israel)?”
HC: “As NATO members, both the US and Turkey work together in the areas from Balkans to Afghanistan and share an important partnership and mutual strategic interests”. Turkey has 1,755 troops serving with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Ankara also provides training to Karazi’s security forces in Turkey and Afghanistan.
SI: “What is US government’s response to Turkish government’s intolerance towards its Christian minority and it has confiscated Christian properties”.
HC: “Washington has asked Ankara to reopen the Greek Orthodox seminary in Heybeliada, closed in 1971 and protect property right of the minorities”. However, Hillary Clinton, as a Christian, did have the courage to tell Steve Isral how badly Christian minority is persecuted in Israel – from demolition of churches to spitting on the priests.
In a recent interview, James Jeffrey, US ambassador in Ankara, justified Turkey’s 1974 military intervention into Turkish-Cypriot region in northern Cyprus to protect Muslim Turkish population in response to a military coup intended to annex Cyprus with Greece.
