On 21st October, Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed a gala dinner in honour of the heads of
delegations attending the 12th Conference of the Information Ministers of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul.
By highlighting the main theme of the
conference - among others, he pointed out the issue of islamophobia that - according to him - has become a growing threat across
Europe; as several countries enact policies
institutionalizing it.
This was not the first time. There were many
other occasions when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed his concerns about
anti-muslim sentiments, especially in Europe. He
has tried - repeatedly and unsuccessfully though - to resemble Muslims with
Jews before WW2 and has accused European countries as “spots of anti-muslim
hatred and islamophobic incidents”.
Quite often he is criticizing Europeans for
hypocrisy and support of terrorism (sic!) while, at the same time, he defines Turkey as a “beacon
of democracy”… a place of “equality” and “justice”… “the only country of political normality” that promotes security to all,
by fighting extremism… any kind of it!
That is why
- always according to him - Turkey has
rights but no obligations! Well,
a super-power (sic!) like Turkey
shouldn’t expect anything less that this…
President Erdoğan, finds it amusing to deliver
lessons about democracy and human rights while his country reserves no respect
for human rights and more than this, it supports questionable persons, groups
and organisations across Europe, to deliver
political and social instability nonetheless. That is not just a groundless
allegation. There are irrefutable facts of Turkey’s interference and scope…
facts well documented and verified.
Turkey is not a country you'd like to
have across your borders. And with no doubt “tuskish islam” is not a political
ideology that you would like to have to deal with. “Turkish islam” is an insult
to islamic faith. “Turkish islam” is a disgrace to the whole mankind and I
really wonder why OIC is aligned with it. What OIC expects to gain through Turkey?
