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Where are the "Normalization" dummies?
Turkey's Erdogan reported to have called for referendum in 'Western Thrace'
Just a few days after his provocative statements questioning the territorial borders set by the Treaty of Lausanne, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made new claims, calling for a referendum in "Western Thrace," according to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency.
"Turkey is not just Turkey," Erdogan was quoted as saying. "Apart from its 79 million citizens, it is also responsible to the hundreds of millions of our brothers in the geographical area to which we are connected by historical and cultural ties."
Erdogan said that in 1920 Turkey's then National Assembly decided on a "national contract" that set out the borders of Turkey, noting that based on that decision, referendums should be held to settle regions of the former Ottoman regime where there was Arab majority in 1918 when an armistice was signed marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.
According to Erdogan, that same decision noted that the legal status of regions including "Western Thrace" should be determined by a free referendum in the area.
Erdogan added that "certain historians believe that the borders set by the national contract include Cyprus, Aleppo, Mosul, Erbil, Kirkuk, Batumi, Thessaloniki, Kardzhali, Varna and the islands of the Aegean."
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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Originally posted by armnuke View PostWhere are the "Normalization" dummies?
Turkey's Erdogan reported to have called for referendum in 'Western Thrace'
Just a few days after his provocative statements questioning the territorial borders set by the Treaty of Lausanne, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made new claims, calling for a referendum in "Western Thrace," according to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency.
"Turkey is not just Turkey," Erdogan was quoted as saying. "Apart from its 79 million citizens, it is also responsible to the hundreds of millions of our brothers in the geographical area to which we are connected by historical and cultural ties."
Erdogan said that in 1920 Turkey's then National Assembly decided on a "national contract" that set out the borders of Turkey, noting that based on that decision, referendums should be held to settle regions of the former Ottoman regime where there was Arab majority in 1918 when an armistice was signed marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.
According to Erdogan, that same decision noted that the legal status of regions including "Western Thrace" should be determined by a free referendum in the area.
Erdogan added that "certain historians believe that the borders set by the national contract include Cyprus, Aleppo, Mosul, Erbil, Kirkuk, Batumi, Thessaloniki, Kardzhali, Varna and the islands of the Aegean."
http://www.ekathimerini.com/212913/a...western-thrace
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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Originally posted by haydavid View PostI'm allright for a referendum , but with the %population of 1910 and in every city from the Ottoman empire. Lets see how much of 'Turkey' will be left and how big Armenia will get ^^
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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Originally posted by armnuke View PostHe's calling for referendum inside Greece's Thrace region.
He mentioned almost all the regions bordering turkey except the East and North East.
Never listen to what he says (effect) always to the counter effects. That is how this Sultan thinks.
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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Originally posted by Azad View PostWeird that he only picked on Greece's Thrace not all of Thrace, where a larger portion is in Bulgaria.
He mentioned almost all the regions bordering turkey except the East and North East.
Never listen to what he says (effect) always to the counter effects. That is how this Sultan thinks.
Had a girlfriend (EX) that at a certain time of the month acted just like that.
Ya, I never listened. Good call.
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Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests
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