TURKEY`S INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER SAYS ICG`S REPORT LACKS “PROFESSIONALISM”
Ankara, September 11 (AZERTAC). Turkey`s English-language daily “Today`s zaman” criticized a report of the International Crisis group in its article “About reports and ‘reports’”
“After reading the title my mind jumped to the conclusion that the report would present possible solutions to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Instead the report is concerned with the internal political situation in Azerbaijan on the eve of the Nov. 2010 parliamentary elections,” author says.
“One can agree that the future of a democratic state absolutely depends on election results. However, this report -- with such great potential -- lacks professionalism. The problem was not so much that 1 million citizens of Azerbaijan were not mentioned by the IDP as a political force or that questionable sourcing spoiled this opportunity to discuss issues important to the stability of the region. The real problem is that a “think tank” celebrating its 15 year anniversary in 2010 picked -- for lack of a better word -- some weird phrasing,” it says.
“Does this report reflect issues, underlined in a resent speech by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, such as the use by the US of “different methods and a different listing of priorities” in regional affairs? Both of our countries have suffered from double-standards -- whether it’s a “yes-no” dilemma when being considered for membership in some club or when it comes to a “victim-aggressor” dilemma at a negotiation table,” the article says.
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