Attitudes toward Turkey reflect Anglo-Canadian - Franco-Canadian divide

Ahval

In the last 5-10 years Turkey-Canada relations have been shaped by Armenian lobby activity, Canadians’ choice of Turkey as a favourite tourist destination and Turkish diplomats’ use of Gülenist social and cultural networks, Bruce Mabley, a Canadian former diplomat to Turkey, told Edward G. Stafford in Ahval’s Anatolian Dispatch interview series on Thursday. Mabley maintained that there are no major conflicts between the two countries. “On a scale of 1 to 10 Canadian Turkish relations in last 5 years I would put it at around 7,” Mabley said.