TURKS DEMAND AN OFFICAL APOLOGY FROM SENATOR RAND PAUL!
INVITATION TO ALL TURKISH AMERICANS TO SIGN THIS PETITION
TURKISH AMERICANS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM RAND PAUL!
Turkish Americans strongly believe in the preservation of the Turkey's current borders. We are against giving out land to any ethnic groups including the Kurds. Turkey's borders should remain the same. Senator Rand Paul promotes a Kurdish land take over at Turkey who is a member of NATO. Thus, this constitutes a promotion of an attack to a NATO ally.
We believe in Turkey's founder M. K. Ataturk's principle of "Peace at home, peace in the world!"
Turkey's current borders are formed based on the following treaties.
The boundary with Greece was confirmed by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, which resolved persistent boundary and territorial claims involving areas in Thrace and provided for a population exchange (see: War of Independence). Under the agreement, most members of the sizable Greek-speaking community of western Turkey were forced to resettle in Greece, while the majority of the Turkish-speaking residents of Thrace who were not forced out during the Balkan wars were removed to Turkey.
The boundary with Bulgaria was confirmed by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.
Since 1991 the more than 500 km (311 mi) boundary with the former Soviet Union, which was defined in the 1921 Treaty of Moscow (1921) and Treaty of Kars, has formed Turkey's borders with the independent countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
The boundary with Iran was confirmed by the Treaty of Kasr-i Sirin in 1639.
The boundary with Iraq was confirmed by the Treaty of Angora (Ankara) in 1926. Turkey's two southern neighbors, Iraq and Syria, had been part of the Ottoman Empire up to 1918. According to the terms of the Treaty of Lausanne, Turkey ceded all its claims to these two countries, which had been organized as League of Nations mandates under the governing responsibility of Britain and France, respectively. Turkey and Britain agreed the boundary in the Treaty of Angora (Ankara).
Turkey's boundary with Syria has not been accepted by Syria. As a result of the Treaty of Lausanne, the former Ottoman Sanjak (province) of Alexandretta (present-day Hatay Province) was ceded to the French which administered it on behalf of the League of Nations. However, in June 1939 the people of Hatay had formed a new independent State and immediately after, the parliament voted to unite with Turkey. Since achieving independence in 1946, Syria has harbored a lingering resentment and this issue has continued to be an irritant in Syrian-Turkish relations.
Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. The country's official language is Turkish, a Turkic language spoken natively by approximately 85 percent of the population. 70 ? 80 percent of the population are ethnic Turks; the remainder consists of legally recognized (Armenians, Greeks and Jews) and unrecognized (Kurds, Circassians, Albanians, Bosniaks, Georgians, etc.) minorities. The vast majority of the population is Muslim. Turkey is a member of the UN, NATO, OECD, OSCE, OIC and the G-20.
A GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES' HISTORY OF RECOGNITION, DIPLOMATIC, AND CONSULAR RELATIONS, BY COUNTRY, SINCE 1776: TURKEY
http://history.state.gov/countries/turkey
U.S. RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3432.htm
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/11/rand-paul-kurds_n_6850536.html
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/politics/rand-paul-kurds-kurdistan-country/
Turkish Americans strongly believe in the preservation of the Turkey's current borders. We are against giving out land to any ethnic groups including the Kurds. Turkey's borders should remain the same. Senator Rand Paul promotes a Kurdish land take over at Turkey who is a member of NATO. Thus, this constitutes a promotion of an attack to a NATO ally.
We believe in Turkey's founder M. K. Ataturk's principle of "Peace at home, peace in the world!"
Turkey's current borders are formed based on the following treaties.
The boundary with Greece was confirmed by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, which resolved persistent boundary and territorial claims involving areas in Thrace and provided for a population exchange (see: War of Independence). Under the agreement, most members of the sizable Greek-speaking community of western Turkey were forced to resettle in Greece, while the majority of the Turkish-speaking residents of Thrace who were not forced out during the Balkan wars were removed to Turkey.
The boundary with Bulgaria was confirmed by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.
Since 1991 the more than 500 km (311 mi) boundary with the former Soviet Union, which was defined in the 1921 Treaty of Moscow (1921) and Treaty of Kars, has formed Turkey's borders with the independent countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
The boundary with Iran was confirmed by the Treaty of Kasr-i Sirin in 1639.
The boundary with Iraq was confirmed by the Treaty of Angora (Ankara) in 1926. Turkey's two southern neighbors, Iraq and Syria, had been part of the Ottoman Empire up to 1918. According to the terms of the Treaty of Lausanne, Turkey ceded all its claims to these two countries, which had been organized as League of Nations mandates under the governing responsibility of Britain and France, respectively. Turkey and Britain agreed the boundary in the Treaty of Angora (Ankara).
Turkey's boundary with Syria has not been accepted by Syria. As a result of the Treaty of Lausanne, the former Ottoman Sanjak (province) of Alexandretta (present-day Hatay Province) was ceded to the French which administered it on behalf of the League of Nations. However, in June 1939 the people of Hatay had formed a new independent State and immediately after, the parliament voted to unite with Turkey. Since achieving independence in 1946, Syria has harbored a lingering resentment and this issue has continued to be an irritant in Syrian-Turkish relations.
Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. The country's official language is Turkish, a Turkic language spoken natively by approximately 85 percent of the population. 70 ? 80 percent of the population are ethnic Turks; the remainder consists of legally recognized (Armenians, Greeks and Jews) and unrecognized (Kurds, Circassians, Albanians, Bosniaks, Georgians, etc.) minorities. The vast majority of the population is Muslim. Turkey is a member of the UN, NATO, OECD, OSCE, OIC and the G-20.
A GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES' HISTORY OF RECOGNITION, DIPLOMATIC, AND CONSULAR RELATIONS, BY COUNTRY, SINCE 1776: TURKEY
http://history.state.gov/countries/turkey
U.S. RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3432.htm
Rand Paul, Longtime Foe Of Nation Building, Is Ready Now To Redraw The Middle East
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/11/rand-paul-kurds_n_6850536.html
Rand Paul: Give the Kurds a country
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/politics/rand-paul-kurds-kurdistan-country/
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