Word: anti-turkish
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...relationship with our Turkish partners. We want a modern Turkey that adopts truly European standards, and this is what we’re currently negotiating with Turkey. There are a number of obstacles that have to be overcome, and, as of now, we cannot seriously determine whether Turkey will one day be a full member of the EU. I’m aware that our Turkish friends do not like to hear this message, but it is a message that I have been persistently giving to them. It’s not an anti-Turkish message...
...First the U.S. Congress threatened to pass a controversial resolution condemning Turkey for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the final days of the Ottoman Empire. Now Turkey's Islamist government is feuding with the pro-American Kurds of northern Iraq because it wants to smash anti-Turkish guerrillas the Kurds have failed to control. It's no surprise that old allies may disagree on individual issues or even go their separate ways, but as the U.S.'s up-and-down relations with France show, they can still find ways to deal with each other...
...cooperation" with former FPO ministers under their new banner. Analysts say that by distancing themselves from the extreme-right members of the former FPO, Haider and his new alliance might win back voters lost because of the party's divisions and harsh policies. A recent attempt to stir up anti-Turkish sentiment backfired when FPO posters vowing "Vienna must not become Istanbul!" were ridiculed. Political scientist Peter Filzmaier says the new party will aim for 10% in parliamentary elections next year: "If he can do that, he will be in the game again," says Filzmaier. If not, Haider may have...
...Lies! A bunch of outright lies!" Uzan says of the Motorola complaint, which among other things charges the family with using libel and extortion to intimidate its enemies. Judge Rakoff, he claims, is anti-Turkish. "He is biased against Turkey, against the Turkish people." As for the High Court judge in the U.K. who slapped Uzan family members with a 15-month jail term for contempt of court and a worldwide freeze on assets, he "thinks he rules the world." The whole Motorola-Nokia lawsuit is merely a "business dispute between one company and another" and should be dealt with...
...surge in hate crimes in eastern Germany occurred just as the 1.6 million Turks in western Germany were becoming accepted. There is no longer widespread anti-Turkish prejudice, says Barbara John, the Berlin commissioner for foreigners. "The contrary is true," she says. "West Germans have taken to defending the Turks against antiforeign slander coming from the east...