Is there any particular reason why he is a member of National assembly.
He literally admitted that he has a fake degree and yet he still calls himself a journalist.The guy is practically a meme.
Does the national assembly have no any integrity regarding who can become a member?
> ##HΓΌrriyet
> ###Grand National Assembly Re-recognizes Treaty of Lausanne, PM Ecevit Emphasizes Importance of "Non-Imperialist" Attitude Towards Ottoman History
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> (ANKARA) - Following a 305-195-100 vote in the Grand National Assembly, Turkey has officially repealed the controversial Map Law of 1958 which had formalized Turkish claims to Cyprus and Western Thrace by withdrawing Turkey from the Treaty of Lausanne.
> The Map Law of 1958 has been a source of international controversy, as well as domestic controversy. Passed by a CHP-majority Assembly led by then-Prime Minister Inonu, the attitude of the government has changed - even if the ruling party has not. The embrace of more leftist attitudes via coalition with the Workers' Party of Turkey and through the selection of Prime Minister Ecevit as leader of the CHP has led to a surge of "anti-imperialist" thought - not only towards foreign powers such as Great Britain, who has continued to clamp down ruthlessly on independence activists within their remaining colonies, but also at home.
> In a press conference following the vote, Prime Minister Ecevit remarked that "our Republic is passionately fighting against the imperialist mindset abroad, but we cannot let that same imperialist mindset fester in our own homes. Our history must be treated appropriately and thought of in an appropriate, non-imperialist manner." Inonu, the Prime Minister under which the Map Law passed originally and currently the Foreign Minister, had no comment.
> Analysts have pointed to the Prime Minister's comments and the successful repeal of the Map Law, as well as the recognition of the Treaty of Lausanne, as the end to an overt "Ottoman revanchism" within the Turkish popular discourse. While portions of the political establishment - primarily the ultranationalist Nation Party and the rightmost faction of the Democrat Party, as well as a number of highly nationalist members of the CHP - still advocate for the merit of the Map Law, it will no longer be Turkish policy.
> The Deputy Foreign Minister said that "the Republic's revocation of formal claims to Cyprus does not mean that the Republic will stop adv
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