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  • ANKARA: Germany takes out Armenian Genocide from history books

    Hurriyet, Turkey
    Jan 27 2005

    GERMAN STATE TAKES OUT THE TERM ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FROM ITS HISTORY
    BOOKS

    Brandenburg, which was the first German state that included the term
    `Armenian genocide' into its history books used in the 9th and 10th
    classes since 2002, decided to take out the term from the curriculum
    of the schools. State's Spokesman of the Education Ministry Thomas
    Hainz said that they found improper to give the so-called Armenian
    genocide as the only historic example in the massacres and genocides
    section in their history books, and therefore decided to take the
    term out. Turkey's Chief Consul Aydin Durusoy had sent a letter to
    the state of Brandenburg, giving a harsh reaction to the use of the
    term. As a result of the diplomatic initiatives of the Turkish
    Foreign Ministry, Durusoy, state's Premier Matthias Platzeck and
    Education Minister Holger Rupprecht two weeks ago had agreed to take
    out the term from the schools' syllabus. /Hurriyet/
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