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WOOD-TV, MI
May 25 2005
MSU prof disappointed by postponement of Armenian genocide conference
ISTANBUL, Turkey Three Turkish universities said today that they are
postponing a conference to discuss last century's mass killings of
Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
The move follows a government minister's harsh criticism of the
conference.
Michigan State University sociologist Muge Gocek (MOO'-geh GOH'-chek)
traveled to Istanbul for the conference.
She says she's disappointed by the postponement and says the
conference would have been a chance to show the effectiveness of
Turkish democracy.
Armenians say one-point-five (M) million of their people were killed
in a deliberate campaign of genocide.
Turkey says the death count is inflated and says that Armenians were
killed in civil unrest.
May 25 2005
MSU prof disappointed by postponement of Armenian genocide conference
ISTANBUL, Turkey Three Turkish universities said today that they are
postponing a conference to discuss last century's mass killings of
Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
The move follows a government minister's harsh criticism of the
conference.
Michigan State University sociologist Muge Gocek (MOO'-geh GOH'-chek)
traveled to Istanbul for the conference.
She says she's disappointed by the postponement and says the
conference would have been a chance to show the effectiveness of
Turkish democracy.
Armenians say one-point-five (M) million of their people were killed
in a deliberate campaign of genocide.
Turkey says the death count is inflated and says that Armenians were
killed in civil unrest.