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Dr. Jawad Mella Letter on EU Turkish Membership<br />

to His Excellency Tony Blair<br />

Mr. Tony Blair<br />

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<br />

10 Downing Street<br />

London SW1A 2AA<br />

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year<br />

Dear Mr. Blair,<br />

22 nd December 2004<br />

On behalf of the Kurdish people <strong>and</strong> many Kurdish<br />

institutions <strong>and</strong> organisations, we would like to present<br />

you the following memor<strong>and</strong>um regarding the decision<br />

about entry talks for the Turkish EU membership:<br />

Your Excellency said that a deal bringing Turkey a<br />

step closer to EU membership would be of “fundamental<br />

importance” to the peace <strong>and</strong> security of the world.<br />

But the fact is that the European approach during the<br />

recent talks with the Turkish delegation was very<br />

disappointing <strong>and</strong> even shocking for the Kurdish people,<br />

because the European representatives didn't mention the<br />

fate <strong>and</strong> the rights of 25 million <strong>Kurds</strong> living in Turkey<br />

with one single word <strong>and</strong> in this respect didn't make any<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>s to the Turkish government.<br />

This means a heavy setback for the European idea of<br />

freedom <strong>and</strong> equality, which has been signed <strong>and</strong> promoted<br />

by so many European governments <strong>and</strong> representatives.<br />

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