"The reason the West attaches great importance to the different groups with religious or ethnic minority status in Turkey or in another country, and its interference in the internal affairs of that country by exploiting the conditions of the minorities, which to a great extent need to be bettered, is its desire to use the minorities as tools while deepening and expanding its fields of influence. Throughout history, European countries have used minorities as the Sword of Damocles."
"It is obvious that missionary work is not solely related to the spread of a religion or proselytization, which starts and ends in the conscience of people. Behind these activities, there are geopolitical, strategic, economic and military benefits for the countries concerned. The missionary institutions have a nearly 200-year experience in Turkey and a historic reflex on Turks. I think these activities serve more than one purpose. One of these aims is to form "a new minority" within the country. Undoubtedly, they want to recruit this minority from the country's current population."
ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2005020816329)
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