We have driven out our Greek subjects and done everything to uproot them, as well as the Armenians. To this end we applied methods similar to those used in the Middle Ages. Journalism is the most dangerous profession in Turkey. Turkish journalist interviewed on BBC2 documentary 'Special Correspondent'. It was a crime committed for no reason.
Turkey is a military, totalitarian regime masquerading as a democracy.
Throughout the Kosovo crisis the Serbs charged the West with a double standard. Turkey's treatment of the Kurds was far worse than anything the West accused the Serbs of doing in Kosovo, they said, yet as Turkey was a member of NATO the West turned a blind eye. Western governments should put as much pressure on Turkey to change its policies as it has on Yugoslavia. All the evidence suggests that torture in Turkey is not lessening under international pressure. They are simply getting better at hiding the signs.