Sunday, February 25, 2018

Turkish-Dutch Lawmakers Called "Traitors" (to Turkey) for Voting for Armenian Genocide Resolution

The long arm of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey continues to reach into Turkish communities in the West. A Turkish web site is calling a group of Dutch law makers "traitors" because they voted in favor of a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. The below article from De Telegraaf is translated from the original Dutch by Yours Truly.

https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1715972/turkse-website-opent-aanval-op-onze-politici

Called 'traitors'

Turkish website opens attack on our politicians

By ALEXANDER BAKKER

Updated Today, 15:23

Today, 13:58 in DINNLAND

THE HAGUE - A Turkish pro-Erdogan website is calling out five MPs with a Turkish background. They are being called traitors. The reason for this is the recognition of the Armenian genocide by the Second Chamber (House of Representatives). Denk alone voted against the proposal.

From left to right MPs Yesilgöz (VVD), Laçin (SP), Karabulut (SP) and Özdil (GL)

The website En Son Haber is trying to drag our MPs through the mud name by name. Several photographs of the politicians are also shown.Members of the House Yesilgöz (VVD), Karabulut (SP), Laçin (SP), Özdil (GL) and Özütok (GL) are accused as 'those who betrayed the motherland'.

VVD Member of Parliament Yesilgöz is even called 'daughter of a terrorist'. The liberal reacts soberly under the barbaric attack: "I am Dutch and I feel totally unaccountable to these types "

Kuzu

Denk (Think Party) leader Kuzu meanwhile is trying through the Turkish television, a pro-Erdogan medium, to further break through to Turkish Dutch people. In an interview he calls on council members with a Turkish background to clearly state how they view the recognition of the Armenian genocide.

He calls the decision of House of Representatives a 'stunt to win souls for the upcoming local elections'. The politician does not say a word about the horrors during the genocide itself. Kuzu prefers to point to the history of slavery in the Netherlands.