Turkish premier says Europe still condones terrorist organization

ANKARA (A.A) - November 15, 2011 - Turkish prime minister said on Tuesday that Europe was still condoning terrorist organization. Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there was a terrorist organization that was staging cruel attacks on security forces, taking civilians as target and massacring children, a pregnant woman and an unborn. "Although we have proven with documents for many times, our European friends and European leaders are condoning terrorism and tolerating broadcasting networks and financial resources of the terrorist organization," Erdogan told a conference in Ankara. Erdogan said Turkey could never see terrorism, bureaucratic oligarchy, status quo, political structure and international double standard as an excuse. "On the contrary, we believe democracy and law are the antidote of terrorism, and we are backing democracy and laws and raising our standards against terrorist organization and political formations fed by terrorism," he said. Erdogan said the recent security-freedom balance had caused terrorism to lose serious ground. Premier Erdogan said political parties in Turkey preferred backing terrorism and inciting bilateral ultranationalist policies instead of supporting fight against terrorism. "A terrorist is hijacking a ferry with a bomb threat, and threatening lives of tens of people. After this terrorist is neutralized with an operation, a political party declares the terrorist a hero," Erdogan said. Erdogan said everyone in democratic politics should accept the fact that showing arms, violence and terrorism as a legitimate method could not bind with democracy, laws and most fundamental humanitarian values.  The prime minister defined terrorism as the biggest obstacle before democratic development, adding that the government would continue making reforms and would never make concessions of democracy, human rights and laws, and target to implement universal norms in Turkey.