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EU CRITICIZING TURKEY
26.05.2005 09:34
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union subjected the Turkish parliament to
sharp criticism for preventing the conduction of unprecedented historical
conference on the Armenian Genocide entitled `Ottoman Armenians during the
Decline of the Empire: Issues of Scientific Responsibility and Democracy,'
AFP news agency reported. `The conference was meant to become an important
step in the reform process in Turkey', EU representative stated adding that
the Turkish parliament should reverse its decision. In his words, Turkish
leadership is likely to remain passive; however Turkey will not benefit from
such behavior. To remind, under pressure from the Turkish government,
organizers of an unprecedented Armenian Genocide conference were forced to
cancel the event set to open in Istanbul May 25. Turkish Justice Minister
Cemil Cicek accused Conference organizers of committing treason.
EU CRITICIZING TURKEY
26.05.2005 09:34
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union subjected the Turkish parliament to
sharp criticism for preventing the conduction of unprecedented historical
conference on the Armenian Genocide entitled `Ottoman Armenians during the
Decline of the Empire: Issues of Scientific Responsibility and Democracy,'
AFP news agency reported. `The conference was meant to become an important
step in the reform process in Turkey', EU representative stated adding that
the Turkish parliament should reverse its decision. In his words, Turkish
leadership is likely to remain passive; however Turkey will not benefit from
such behavior. To remind, under pressure from the Turkish government,
organizers of an unprecedented Armenian Genocide conference were forced to
cancel the event set to open in Istanbul May 25. Turkish Justice Minister
Cemil Cicek accused Conference organizers of committing treason.