The spread information is striking evidence that Turkey is under the U.S. watchful eye. The U.S. has Turkish government of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) in the palm of its hand, ready to blackmail the Turkish leadership at any moment, the Turkish political expert Mehmet Perinçek told Novosti-Azerbaijan, commenting on the WikiLeaks publications.
“I wonder how the Turkish authorities could displease the U.S. They bargained so much, manipulating the country’s interests, did they not? On the other hand, the real essence of the cooperation between the U.S. and the JDP has been revealed.
Numerous details – from the Kurdish problem to Turkey’s admission to the EU, from relations with Israel to corruption within government circles – were ‘documented’ Also, it is clear that the JDP’s policy to Iran, Israel and Syria is in full harmony with the U.S. Big Middle East Project (BMEP). Turkey, which lays claims to leadership in the Middle East under the U.S. auspices, is pretending to be implementing an anti-Israeli policy, while seeking leadership in the Arab world and isolation of Iran,” Perinçek said.
According to him, this is evidence Turkey will never join the EU. Another “shocking” aspect is turkey’s efforts to join the EU, implementation of the EU requirements, cooperation between the U.S. and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), information leaks to the U.S. Embassy. So turkey’s ruling party wants to hush up the matter and present the information as false.
To act as mediator between the U.S. and the Middle East, as well as Asia, Turkey has to enhance its regional reputation. “No one will trust a secular pro-American Turkey. There is a need for a new Turkey a ‘friend’ of Arab states and ‘an enemy’ of Israel. It is by means such Turkey that the U.S. can consistently impose its will on the Middle East countries. Thus, the U.S. intends to isolate the anti-American Iran bringing pro-American Turkey into the foreground. To play this role, Turkey is trying to assume an image of ‘academic Islam’. In fact, ‘academic Islam’, as a U.S. project, is not of benefit to Turkey. On the contrary: the U.S. maintains its control over Turkey, and Ankara is gradually deviating from Ataturk’s policy, causing the country to go back to the Middle Ages,” the Turkish expert said.
