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Ten questions to AKP concerning the “Mavi Marmara” issue
Thu, 06/03/2010 - 14:07
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It was, at the beginning, only soL and a few other media. Now more people ask these questions, including some Islamist columnists. And, with every hour, new questions come up.
Here are ten questions that AKP has to respond to:
1. What was the reason that made the 15 AKP MPs, that had announced that they would participate in the aid convoy, change their mind and give up the idea? Did the government impede the MPs upon information that an attack would occur?
2. Why was the national flag of the Mavi Marmara vessel changed and the ship became, legally, a non-Turkish ship?
3. Did Turkey take any measures after Israel gave the message that “the ships would be stopped” diplomatically and publicly? Is there a “calculation error”, or were the results of an attack ventured?
4. How can the government, while telling that the convoy is a “civil initiative”, claim the whole political responsibility of it? How can a government, that many times acted paranoically to blame everyone guilty, vouch for the organizers of the convoy? If the claim, which even certain Islamist writers share, that “AKP is a part of this whole thing since the beginning”, who were those that were on mission on board in the ship in the name of “the state”?
5. Who serves completely fallacious news to the press about the counter-measures of Turkey against Israel? Do the government authorities, who blame the press for being “liars” at every oportunity, produce these to pressure Israel, or to amuse the public?
6. Was the fact that the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and the Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces were abroad when it was obvious that Israel would stop the ships a precaution to gain time, or measure the reaction of the U.S. and other countries?
7. Why did AKP object to certain expressions in the draft resolution of the TBMM? While all the moves concerning the issue or made under the initiative of Erdoğan, how possible is it that AKP MPs would object to the declaration without his knowledge? What is the source the claim that “Erdoğan solved the crisis”, despite this fact?
8. The content of the telephone interview between Erdoğan and Obama has been explained by both parties. Some expressions from Obama’s explanation were censured in the explanation made by the Turkish Prime Ministry. Did the U.S. President say to Turkey “Find other means for help”? If not, why does not the Prime Ministry believe that? If he did, why do they conceal that?
9. The government had demanded Israel to liberate all those in the aid convoy without any legal process and given a period of time. Israeli authorities announced that they “expelled” those in the ships. However, those in the ships were captured by force by the Israelis in international waters. “To expel” is a legal process and is a sanction that is determined by both each individual country’s laws and the international agreements. Did the government ask Israel the reason of the decision “to expel”?
10. After the terrorist attack of Israel, which changes happened concerning the relations between Turkey and Israel except the cancellation of the war games as a reaction to the attack?
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soL (the Left), which is being published since 2006 on worldwide web, is one of the most highly visited news portals in Turkey. As indicated by the very title of the portal, soL has never identified itself as an “impartial” and unscrupulous publication. We believe that the only consistent way of providing honest and accurate news requires one to take side in class struggles; to take side of the working class and toiling masses.
Hence, soL has never refrained itself from taking side in social and political issues; it has never concealed its distance from and battle with liberals, reactionaries and collaborationists of all sorts. soL has never refrained itself from saying aloud that Turkish and Kurdish workers have no other alternative, but wage a struggle together. And soL has never abstained from promoting anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist struggles of the world, and it has assumed solidarity with progressive political powers such as Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia etc. as a task of its own.
Hence soL did not abstain from declaring its principles at the onset:
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These principles have gained soL a prominent position and made it one of the most highly visited news portals of Turkey.
soL does not simply provide news on Turkey and the region; we also deem it necessary to provide “news with a perspective”. This perspective is given by the universal values and principles of the left.
Now, we feel that it is time to enlarge our scope and start contributing more to the establishment of a common sense among progressive, leftist forces of the world. We believe that our humble contribution would be to provide daily news and perspectives on Turkey, the region and the world.
For the time being, our contribution could be limited, but we pledge to improve the quality of work we carry out as we receive constructive critiques and proposals from our visitors.
The Turkish version of soL news portal publishes more than 80 news and 6-7 columns per day. The extent of the news covered by soL includes current political affairs, economics, local events, culture, sports, arts and world news. More than 50 columnists, some of whom are members of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and some independent intellectuals, contribute to the portal.
As a beginning, we will provide our international visitors with translations of the most critical news that would hopefully come to the attention of those who share the same vision and principles with us. Also we will provide you with some of the columns that are not difficult to follow for those who are not familiar with Turkish political agenda.
Reiterating the main slogan of the Turkish portal, we say, keep watching the day from the left (soL).
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