Turkey
Sunday 18 April 2021
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“It is now well established that some senior inspectors involved with the investigation, one of whom played a central role, reject how the investigation derived its conclusions …”
An alleged coverup by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons regarding Syria’s chemical attack at Douma was debunked in 2020. -
“The relevant authorities in the Kingdom took all possible measures within our legal system to ensure that these individuals were properly investigated and to ensure that justice was served.”
The Saudi trial in the Khashoggi murder case was conducted in secrecy. Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman has not been held accountable. -
“It is blatantly clear the United States is behind July 15. It was FETO [Gulen organization] who carried it out on their orders.”
There is no evidence the United States was behind the 2016 coup attempt against Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan. The U.S. condemned the coup. -
“Meanwhile, while sanctioning the Assad regime, the U.S. continued its massive financial support for the YPG terrorists in 2020.”
The U.S. supported the Kurdish YPG's fight against ISIS terrorists. Washington distinguishes between Syria-based YPG, and the PKK that operates in Turkey -
"Recognizing the important role of the United States and its capability to solve regional issues, Syria and Russia have offered the US side to use the Damascus platform ... The answer was no and there was unfounded criticism of those who are really contributing to returning Syrian citizens back home.”
The U.S. has little on-the-ground presence in Syria now, and many Syrian refugees fear returning to Assad regime-controlled territory. -
“We abide by international law. We respect international law. We did not take revenge on civilians, we will never take revenge on civilians.”
While Azerbaijan’s president claims Armenia committed war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh, the evidence shows both sides ran afoul of international law. -
“As a matter of fact, it is known that there is no such a movement called ’Grey Wolves‘, whose dissolution was announced today by the French Government.”
The Grey Wolves is affiliated with Turkey’s right-wing Nationalist Movement Party and its existence is well-documented. -
“Armenia's kamikadze dron[e] was successfully destroyed by Azerbaijan's air defence forces. Dron[e] was whirling around civilian area. More civilian lives saved. Armenia's state terror continues.”
The drone appears to be a HAROP, an Israeli-made model used by Azerbaijan’s forces, not those of Armenia. -
“Rumors of militants from Syria allegedly being redeployed to Azerbaijan is another provocation by the Armenian side and complete nonsense.”
There is some evidence that Syrian fighters are in Azerbaijan, although the numbers cited by Armenian sources are questionable. -
"We categorically reject both the baseless allegations of human rights violations claimed against the Syrian opposition … as well as the groundless criticisms by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights leveled against Turkey …”
The U.N.’s detailed report identifies specific Turkish-backed units for alleged atrocities. Contradicting Turkey, it also faults Kurdish forces. -
"Xinjiang has rid itself of chaos, and people have been living a normal and stable life. This is reality. The vocational education and training centers have contributed to the situation, which is not hard to understand. But the political and opinion elites in the US and the West refuse to face up to the reality.”
China’s mass detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang “re-education camps” sparked a backlash over Disney’s “Mulan.” Reuters says China banned coverage of the film. -
"[T]he countries belonging to the Western culture do not sign the convention for moral reasons and those who signed it keep on withdrawing from it."
45 countries and the EU signed the EU Convention on protecting women against violence, and 34 of them ratified it. None have withdrawn from it, but Turkey and Poland are considering doing so.