Let the Turks Vote for Christmas

Would the armed forces of any EU country threaten their democratically elected politicians? This is what has happened in Turkey, a would be EU member. The Turkish armed forces have threatened to take action if the democratically elected Grand National Assembly chose an Islamist as President.

It is their business if the democratically elected representatives of the Turkish people choose an Islamist as their President. It is not for the Turkish armed forces to interfere with democracy, even if the constitution, written under the military dictatorship rule in 1982, allows them to do so.

It is some one thousand years since the Turks left their homeland in Central Asia and marauded their way through north west Asia and eastern Europe. They massacred millions and destroyed numerous civilisations. It seems that the Turks have not changed a great deal in the past thousand years.

They show complete contempt for non-Turks. They continue to deny their genocide of the Armenians and Kurds. They continue to suppress the cultures of all non-Turks living in Turkey. They refuse to give the Kurds self determination. Their politicians are subservient to their military.

Turkey must not be allowed to become a member of the EU until the Turks discard their fascist tendencies and become civilised.