TRAV44@UMUC.BITNET (Alexandros Polymenopoulos) (02/06/90)
The following are some of the numerous statements of Turkish leaders indicative of Turkey's designs on the Aegean: >>>Sadi Irmak, former Prime Minister: >>>"I will not cede the Aegean to anyone. Half of the Aegean belongs to >>>us and all the world must know it." >>>(Hurriyet, January 18, 1975). >>>Hasan East Isik, former Defense Minister: >>>"It is natural that the rights and responsibilities of a nation >>>which is the sovereign of Anatolia should extend at least into >>>the middle of the Aegean. No Turkish government can ignore this >>>fact, which is a matter of national security". >>>(Turkish Daily News, March 17, 1984). >>>Turgut Ozal, Prime Minister: >>>"The status that now exists between Greece and Turkey is >>>unsatisfactory. Had the Turks known where the Lausanne Treaty >>>would lead to, they would never have signed it ............... >>>Journalists should use the term 'Aegean islands', not 'Greek >>>islands". >>>(Financial Times, December 6 1983). >>>Turgut Ozal, Prime Minister: >>>"The area around us is a very critical one. We have problems >>>with Bulgaria and Greece, but they will bend the knee if we >>>create a strong Turkey. I believe today that the situation >>>in Turkey is better than in the other countries. Turkey, >>>with 52 million people, is a vast country. As I said in >>>Isparta, we have said to the Greeks, we have been very patient >>>and our patience has its limits .... >>>(Speech during tour of the province of Nigde, May 6 1986). >>>Turgut Ozal, Prime Minister: >>>"If a conflict breaks out, Greece will be at a disadvantage. >>>What must be accepted is this: Turkey is a country with a >>>population of 52 million. It is developing day by day. Greece >>>is a country of 8 or 9 million. And its islands are widely >>>scattered." >>>(Interview to Milliyet, May 24, 1986). >>>Vahit Halefoglu, former Foreign Minister: >>>"Those who are trying to find a solution in Cyprus should know, >>>if their intensions are sincere, that for Turkey the problems >>>in the Agean are no less important. >>>We should not agree to any negotiation over Cyprus if our claims >>>in the Aegean are not satisfied first". >>>(Statements in Parliament, May 21 1986). >>>Zeki Yavuzturk, Defense Minister: >>>"Turkey will never accept faits accomplis over Lemnos and will >>>react using the powerful trumps she holds in her hand". >>>(Statement, May 22, 1986). >>>B. Ulusu, former Prime Minister: >>>(Beating his fist on the desk) >>>"If Greece does not accept the reality and continues to squeeze >>>Turkey in the Aegean, sooner or later we shall be forced to break >>>through the screen of islands which suffocates Turkey and is used >>>as the jumping-off point for an attack on south-east Asia Minor. >>>Turkey has made enough concessions to Greece". >>>(Speech in Parliament, May 24, 1986).
kpstamat@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (02/07/90)
Bravo re Alexandre!! Polu enhmerwtika auta pou mas stelneis. Ante giati
emeis oi Ellhnes mou fainetai koimomaste or0ioi.
KwstasPETROPOULOS@NUACC.BITNET (02/07/90)
Kalo tha einai na bazete kai pou ta brhkate auta pou dhmosieuete. Petros (Northwestern)
MSCORDI@CLEMSON.BITNET (02/07/90)
Agapite Alexandre, Steile, esy i opoios allos autes tis dilwseis twn Tourkwn kai tis alles panw gyrw apo ti Thraki sta scg, sct na to boulwsoun ligaki oi Tourkoi. Ton peirane psila ton tsabouka... . Mihalis Scordilis. . P.S. Opoios exei stoixeia tis Diethnous Amnisteias sxetika me to thema tis meionotitas kai tis teleutaias dikis, tha itan poly endeiferon na ta anaferei. M.S.