“Unrepentant revisionism and the absence of the rule of law in Turkey remain key elements of the Turkish government’s policyPASOK / KINAL President Nikos Androulakis states in a Facebook post, commenting on the provocative greeting of the Gray Wolves made by Mevlut Tsavousoglou to Armenian protesters and the life imprisonment of Osman Kavalas imposed by the Turkish government.
“But there are countries that even now, on the altar of financial interests continue to pretend that they do not see the elephant in the room,” said Mr. Androulakis.
The post of the president of PASOK / KINAL in detail
One day before the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish Foreign Minister M. Tsavousoglu, during his visit to Uruguay, when his motorcade passed in front of Armenian protesters, went out the window and challenged them. in his hand the mark of the nationalist paramilitary organization of the “Gray Wolves” which in countries such as France have been banned due to the violent attacks they have committed.
Yesterday, just two days later, a Turkish court sentenced human rights activist in Turkey Osman Kavala to life imprisonment without the right to early release on charges that he participated in the 2016 coup attempt. Osman Kavala has been remanded in custody since 2017 He was acquitted in 2020 of inciting protests in Gezi Park, but was again accused by Turkish authorities of taking part in a coup attempt in 2016, with the result that he never left prison. The European Court of Human Rights has already twice sentenced Turkey to several years in prison without trial. In fact, in 2021, ten Ambassadors of European countries had sent a joint letter requesting his release, with President Erdogan threatening to deport them.
These two very recent events underline that despite any tactics, the absence of any notion of the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, the restriction of freedoms, the unrepentant revisionism, and the desire to return to a so-called “imperial” past remain key elements of politics. of the Turkish government
But there are countries that even now, on the altar of financial interests continue to pretend not to see the elephant in the room. Unfortunately, as the tragic events in the heart of Europe show, this is not the first time this has happened, with disastrous results.
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