Earlier this month Turkey imposed sanctions against France after the French parliament passed a bill accusing Ottoman Turks of the genocide of Armenians in Eastern Anatolia in 1915. Similar legislation was debated in the US Senate last year. I appeal to the statesmen of countries prejudiced towards Turkey. Sooner or later countries, such as Germany, which once opened its arms to the PKK terrorist organisation, will realise that such sympathy has inflicted damage on their own countries. One cannot talk about 'my terror' and 'your terror'.
Terror is a whole.
They should not make the people or nation responsible for history. Ercan criticises some allies' policies of delaying the export licences for their companies doing business in Turkey. Governments' delays in issuing export licences lead to a loss of time and money for Turkey. Despite budgetary constraints, the geographic threats and risks to Turkey remain. He says that just because these countries have spent less on arms purchases in the past few years, it does not mean they have started pursuing peaceful policies towards Turkey.