Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov backed leader of nationalist Ataka party Volen Siderov regarding the latter's comments that Bulgarian National Radio and TV should be purged of people related to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF).
Wednesday Siderov voiced a public threat to media freedom in Bulgaria by calling the National Radio Horizont program and declaring live on air that “the National Radio will become an objective media when it gets purged of BSP and MRF cadres.”
Siderov also shared his view that since the time of democratic transition in 1989 nothing has changed in the National Radio and that it is high time that this change happened. The nationalist leader promised that will come to pass with the adoption of the new law on radio and television in Bulgaria.
The incident happened during a radio show discussing whether there is police violence in Bulgaria, on the occasion of controversy that flared around a recent police operation in the town of Kardzhali.
Thursday journalists from the Bulgarian National Radio came out with a declaration expressing outrage at Siderov's statements, calling them “a dark revelation” in support of “political censorship.”
Friday the Union of Bulgarian Journalists came out with a similar declaration, calling Siderov's words “unacceptable” and saying: “This horrendous statement which returns us to a very dark period of history enters into a drastic contradiction with the declared intention that there is no political assignment for the future law on media”.
Friday, when asked whether he would denounce Siderov's statements, Borisov, rather than doing that, said that based on what he is aware of, the journalist Siderov talked to Wednesday was politically hired in the National Radio based on influence of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
The journalist in question, Diana Yankulova, worked as head of the PR department of the Ministry of Interior when BSP's Mihail Mikov was minister (2008-9), after which she returned to her prior position in the National Radio.
Friday PM Borisov called that a case of "political hiring" and "conflict of interests."
The Bulgarian Prime Minister also shared personal woes he has had: "I too have been the victim of similar activities on the part of other journalists and I know that one can react very emotionally, especially when one knows whose interests they are servicing."
Borisov's GERB cabinet has a minority support in Parliament of 117 MPs out of 240 and has relied on support from nationalists Ataka (21 MPs) and mainstream rightists Blue Coalition (14 MPs). Recently the Blue Coalition has voiced various criticisms of the GERB government, while Ataka has generally remained a loyal partner and supporter.
Among other things, Ataka is well known, especially in the earlier years after its creation in 2005, for expressing and fanning extreme nationalist and xenophobic sentiments and for not shying to use imagery reminiscent of Nazism.
In 1927 Joseph Goebbels, future Nazi Germany Reichsminister of Propaganda, set up a propaganda newspaper called "Den Angriff", which translates to "Attack" or "Ataka" in Bulgarian. That is also the name of the newspaper published by the Ataka party, and of a prior TV show Siderov had on the SKAT TV channel.
In 2007 Siderov published a book intriguingly called "My Struggle for Bulgaria."
Author: knez_lazar, 30 Jul 2010 16:15:58
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
Which is worse? The communists-socialists or the Turks? I'd say concentrate on the Turks more than on the socialists. Anyways socialists siding with Turks should be avoided.
I'm not sure though if provoking the Turks is the right thing to do. Could be. Provoke them in order to have them gather in large protest demonstrations where they would shout "Death to Bg!" or similar anti-constitution slogans, then take away their citizenship based on videotape proofs. The EU should stay out of this. Portugal and Spain had their reconquistas, now it's time for Bg reconquista. The EU WILL stay out of this otherwise Bg should start boycotting the EU enlargement (Croatia) and other EU activities, even give NATO secrets to Russia and so on (maybe a shutting down of Turkey's road connections with the EU should be considered, of course together with Greece).
Btw a few years ago the turkish education ministry published maps (be "mistake" they said) of greater turkey with parts of Armenia, Georgia, Irak, Bulgaria and Greece included as turkish territory
Author: knez_lazar, 30 Jul 2010 16:25:30
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
http://illyria.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=balgarijabulgaria&action=display&thread=26881
"Armenia, and regions of Bulgaria are considered part of Turkey in new Turkish textbooks.
The news came from the Turkish Ekolay website which also posted the map.
A CD with major errors is added to manuals of Istanbul schools. In particular, Armenia, Eastern Thrace (part of Bulgaria), Western Thrace (part of Greece), Iraqi Kurdistan (Mosul, Kirkuk), the Greek part of South Cyprus, part of Georgia, including Batumi turned out to be incorporated into Turkey."
"The textbooks include other mistakes as well. For instance, Turkish national holiday — Victory Day was not even mentioned, the Armenian news agency, news.com, reported."
This was done in order to look like a GENUINE mistake: "Look it was a true mistake! the turkish national holiday is not even mentioned! What better proof you want that this is a mistake?"
The books were handed during the solemn ceremony. The head of Educational department of Istanbul expressed regrets on the matter that such errors had occurred.
TURKS, YOU'RE GOING DOWN FAST! :-)
(actually you're going eastwards, where you belong, you're going to Turkey and this time you are NOT coming back!
Author: knez_lazar, 30 Jul 2010 18:26:11
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
Although not needed France example of sending back HOME, to Ro and Bulgaria all the Roma despite not having proofs for all of them individually for being lawbreakers and despite them being EU citizens proves useful for Bulgaria's expulsion of turks
Author: knez_lazar, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:10
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
Why would the turks want Batumi if Georgians are their anti-Armenian allies? Stupid Muslims
start packing
Author: mrgay, 30 Jul 2010 22:54:41
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
yes ex commies and current bkp cadres must be purged from anti bulgarian media, they hate bulgarians and work all their life to destroy BG,
they have their own country now, why not change away from fake bulgarian names and go back to their home and leave Bg alone??
because they are worse racist than Nazis, hiding their hatred of Bulgarians AND Turks in trendy leftist slogans
Author: sarkan, 31 Jul 2010 15:31:46
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
"Provoke them in order to have them gather in large protest demonstrations where they would shout "Death to Bg!" or similar anti-constitution slogans, then take away their citizenship based on videotape proofs."
You have plans "the" idiot, don't you?
Ok, your words deserve laughing... Specially in Antalya, after 6 good Turkish beers. And I write a reply to you: this should be your best day of your miserable life. But I do not guarantee any further reply...
Best wishes to all forum attenders...
Author: knez_lazar, 1 Aug 2010 09:23:20
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
At the beginning of the 20th century there was a population exchange between Turkey and Bulgaria: all Turks and Bulgarians living in a landstrip of 15 or so km breadth were moved to their respective motherlands. The thing is that almost all Bulgarians in Turkey lived in this area but very few Turks from Bulgaria lived there as compared to the total number of Bulgaria Turks=>there are almost no Bulgarians now in Turkey (only post-1989 emigrants) but there still are many many Turks in Bulgaria and this has to be corrected
Author: NellieotAmerica, 4 Aug 2010 21:17:10
Bulgarian PM Backs Extreme Nationalist on Media Purge
I wouldn't pin all this divisiveness on the nationalists alone. Throwing the race card is now a standard tactic used by most any liberal, Muslim, or non-white person who happens to be losing an argument with a white person at the moment. The race card has evolved into a Get Out of Jail Free card for those who are either unwilling or unable to explain their otherwise indefensible actions or positions. But dumb people do tend to overplay their hands a bit.
