About amity between Turkish Sultan and British Queen

December 27, 2011 - 18:48 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey - Great Britain relations have centuries-old history. Throughout history Britain supported the Ottoman stand, while the Ottoman Empire, in return, contributed to British colonization of India through the Mediterranean Sea.

Despite deterioration of Turkey-Britain ties during World War I, bilateral ties returned to their normal course in the second half of the 20th century, after Turkey’s accession to NATO.

Today, Great Britain did not miss the chance to prove the existing strong relations with Ankara, standing for Turkey’s position in the issue of Genocide recognition, this time through The Guardian newspaper. . Recently the newspaper published an article about the passage of the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial by the French National Assembly, slamming the French authorities for adoption of the bill “for the past.”

It is ridiculous to argue passage of the bill criminalizing one of the biggest crimes against humanity through such amateurish phrases and ideas. What about “balanced” policy of non-interventionism?

The complex of a failed empire, having lost its former power, incites a great controversy between the proclaimed course and real politik, which even more devalues all British attempts to demonstrate the country’s democratic principles.

Reflecting on "the law for the past", it is noteworthy, that Holocaust was not immediately recognized, either, with an agreement on financial compensation signed only in 1952 by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

The only “justification” may be explained by economic partnership and Great Britain’s being the second country importing Turkish products (8%).