While one can appreciate the need for objectivity in reporting on the events transpiring between Greece and Turkey, the Globe and Mail goes beyond objectivity by failing to appreciate the warning signs that Turkey is embarking on a war of aggression while simultaneously referring to those warning signs. For example, the article mentions that the Turkish President wants a revision of the Treaty of Lausanne and that Ankara is simultaneously threateningto flood Greece and Europe with millions of refugees. The Turkish government is exploiting millions of people for its purposes of promoting its aggressive designs in the Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, any number of these people could be infected with covid-19 and could spread the virus to millions of people throughout Europe.
Furthermore, Turkish demands to revise the Treaty of Lausanne make quite clear that Turkey has plans to expand at the expense of Greece. The Turkish President has openly expressed the view that the Greek islands belong to Turkey on the basis of their proximity to the coast of Asia Minor. The tone of the article expresses alarm at the prospect of war, but not by the actions of Turkey which are intent on provoking war with Greece and Cyprus. The article further demonstrates its biases by referring to Cyprus and “the northern half claimed by Turkey”. Reference is also made to an “oil route through Cypriot waters.” It is not mentioned that the Republic of Cyprus is an internationally recognized country whose territory in the north is under Turkish occupation and not recognized by any country in the world.
The Treaty of Lausanne was itself the outcome of Turkish genocide and ethnic cleansing. It was signed a decade after Turkish governments carried out the genocide of millions of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks. The Lausanne Treaty whitewashed the ethnic cleansing of well over one million Greeks from their homelands in Asia Minor. Turkish expansionism and aggression knowns no bounds as can be seen by the invasions and ethnic cleansing of Cyprus of its Greek population and its current claim on the Greek islands. The islands of Greece are populated exclusively by Greeks but this makes no difference to the racist and jihadist oriented leadership in Ankara.
Theodore G. Karakostas
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