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Published on May 14, 2008
QUEEN ELIZABETH II PRAISED TURKEY’S ROLE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN WEST AND ISLAMIC WORLD
- Queen Elizabeth II praised Turkey’s role as a bridge between the West and the Islamic world on Tuesday during her first visit to the predominantly Muslim country in 37 years. "For us, Turkey is as important now as it has ever been," the British monarch said at a state banquet. "Turkey is uniquely positioned as a bridge between East and West at a crucial time for the European Union and the world in general." Wearing a tiara and dressed in a white gown decorated with beads, the queen said Turkey is "playing a key role in promoting peace, political stability and economic development in some of the world’s most unsettled areas." She referred to the Alliance of Civilizations initiative, a UN-backed project - cosponsored by Turkey and Spain - aiming to increase dialogue between Western and non-Western cultures and to address the causes of conflict between them, the AP reports.
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Sarhad wrote:
UK is an ally of Azeris, and in the grand scheme of oil and gas pipeline connections between Azerbaijan and Turkey, she suddenly discovers the
"civilized" nation of Turkey. How hypocratical is that? To praise Turkey for promoting peace in the world, yet closing her eyes for major human rights violations against their persecuted minority of Kurds(they still call them Mountain Turks). It's a disgrace pretending to be a civilized and a Christian nation and yet be so insensitive to the sufferings of the persecuted.
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