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Frankfurter Allgemeine, Germany
Jan 28 2005
State removes reference to genocide from lesson
28. Januar 2005 POTSDAM. In response to a Turkish request, officials
in the state of Brandenburg have removed a passage in a history
lesson about a controversial event in Turkish history - the deaths of
thousands of Armenians in the early 20th century. The lesson focused
on genocide and mentioned the Armenian case as the only example. The
decision was made two weeks ago after Turkish General Counsel Aydin
Durusay raised the issue. Turkey maintains the Armenians were killed
as the Ottoman Empire fought civil unrest. Part of the empire became
Turkey in 1923. Armenians say 1.5 million people were killed between
1915 and 1923 as part of the empire's campaign to push them from
eastern Turkey. pra
Jan 28 2005
State removes reference to genocide from lesson
28. Januar 2005 POTSDAM. In response to a Turkish request, officials
in the state of Brandenburg have removed a passage in a history
lesson about a controversial event in Turkish history - the deaths of
thousands of Armenians in the early 20th century. The lesson focused
on genocide and mentioned the Armenian case as the only example. The
decision was made two weeks ago after Turkish General Counsel Aydin
Durusay raised the issue. Turkey maintains the Armenians were killed
as the Ottoman Empire fought civil unrest. Part of the empire became
Turkey in 1923. Armenians say 1.5 million people were killed between
1915 and 1923 as part of the empire's campaign to push them from
eastern Turkey. pra