While Turkey, the UN and several international organizations rush to punish (i.e. investigate) Israel's "humane" actions of self defense during the recent flotilla escapades, scant to no media attention, nor investigation, nor condemnation has been directed towards Turkey's "inhumane" actions against its own Kurdish population. "In Turkey, human rights advocates have long demanded an investigation. The army, however, has refused to comment on the issue. Similarly, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been stubbornly silent or tried to portray the accusations of war crimes as "PKK(Kurdistan Workers' Party) propaganda." "- Spiegel Online "German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that purport to show PKK fighters killed by chemical weapons. The evidence puts increasing pressure on the Turkish government, which has long been suspected of using such weapons against Kurdish rebels."- Daniel Steinvorth and Yassin Musharbash German politicians and human rights experts are now demanding an investigation into the incident. "The latest findings are so spectacular that the Turkish side urgently needs to explain things," - Claudia Roth, the co-chair of Germany's Green Party To contrast Turkish actions against its Kurdish population, against Prime Minister Erdogans recent statements against Israel's defensive actions, note the following statements: "Turkish prime minister calls IDF's operation against flotilla to Gaza 'massacre', 'state terror', 'piracy'; says Israelis must pressure gov't to cease such acts" Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the international community not to accept an independent Israeli investigation into the lethal operation against the "Freedom Flotilla" to Gaza. He called the IDF action a "massacre" and warned Israel not to test Turkey's patience."This operation, which is completely against international law, is an act of inhuman state terror," he said. "Don't think that we'll sit by in silence after such events."- YNet Israel news 6/1/2010 Selective Turkish Silence? Hypocrisy? Absent Media Coverage?
Turkish Hypocrisy
Why has the world remained silent, with scant attention from western media and governments against Turkey's actions against its own Kurdish population, yet the media willingly vocalizes and expounds on the Turkish governments' flotilla propaganda?
August 15, 2010 at 4:32PM
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