Some Americans forget that an ally like Turkey is spending for our mutual defense. while a state like Bulgaria is doing all that it can to undermine our defenses and those of Europe. So I put the question to our State Department: which of these sets of bilateral relations deserves our efforts? Mr. Speaker. what follows is the testimony of Halil lbisoglu. a refugee from Bulgaria. who spoke before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeHelsinki Commissionhere in Washington DC. on February 3. 1987. It is reprinted as it appeared in the Bulletin of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations. spring 1987.