Δευτέρα 7 Μαρτίου 2011

Opposition MP: EU should be 'careful' with Turkey elections


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Published: 17 February 2011 Updated: 21 February 2011

The European Union should follow very closely the upcoming general elections in Turkey, which are set to be held on 12 June, as well as the political process leading up to them, Onur Öymen, vice-chair of the EU affairs committee in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

Onur Öymen is vice-president of the Republican Party (CHP), the largest opposition force in Turkey, which is affiliated to the Socialist International. He is a career diplomat and has served as his country's ambassador to Denmark, Germany and NATO.
He was speaking to Georgi Gotev, EurActiv's senior editor.
What is your analysis of the Egyptian revolution? What does it mean for Turkey?
The revolution is very important because for the first time in the Middle East, people expressed very strongly their will, their determination, to live in a democratic society. In the last twenty years or so, in many regions of the world, democracies emerged with the exception of the Middle East.
Apparently, some big countries have preferred so far to live with authoritarian regimes as long as they have friendly relations with them, because this region is strategically very important, it possesses very rich oil and natural gas reserves, transit routes – the Suez Canal and so forth. The first priority was not the democratic rights of the people living over there, but the wealth under the earth.

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