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Turkish General Accuses France and the EU of Supporting Terrorists against Turkey |
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Written by Agencies
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
Turkish General Ergin Saygun, deputy chief of the Turkish General Staff, has accused certain EU countries, particularly France and the United Kingdom, of acting in a way that supports PKK terrorists against Turkey.
Saygun said the PKK is "conducting propaganda campaigns in the European Parliament, as well as in the French and U.K. parliaments."
PKK has offices in many EU countries under different names. The PKK's Roj TV broadcasts from Denmark to Turkey and calls Kurdish people for violance.
Saygun made such remarks while delivering a speech at the symposium on "Cutting ideological and Economic Support for Terrorist Organization," the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
"We have witnessed important steps taken by EU recently against the PKK, which is a good thing," said Saygun, "however, the outlawed organization is still able to sponsor conferences in the European Parliament and the parliaments of France and Britain."
Touching on the financial assistance PKK received, Saygun said that the PKK, which was involved in drug and human trafficking in Europe, earned big sum of money from various European countries.
Responding to the criticism of certain "human rights advocates" of EU countries, Saygun said that some EU countries took even more dramatic measures against terrorism.
He indicated that "in order to fight successfully against terrorism, the hopes of terrorists must be completely eradicated," adding that "aside from military measures, financial and psychological support to the terrorist organization must be cutoff."
Turkish Armed Forces was ready to share information and cooperate against terrorism, he said. |
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