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Anatolian Times, Turkey
Sept 23 2005
Bogazici And Sabanci Universities To Object Decision Of Court
ISTANBUL - Istanbul's Bogazici and Sabanci Universities will object
to decision of a court to suspend an academic conference on
''Armenians in the Late Ottoman Empire: Scientific Responsibility and
Democracy Problems'', it was announced.
Releasing a statement, the Bogazici University indicated that they
would object to the decision later in the day. But some of the guests
who arrived in Turkey from the United States, France and the
Netherlands to assist the conference, have already departed from
Turkey.
Meanwhile, members of the Union of Turkish NGOs held a demonstration
in front of the Bogazici University campus, to protest the
conference. Speaking on behalf of the group, Ramazan Bakkal,
secretary-general of the Union, said, ''we call on organizers of the
conference to hire a hall in Yerevan and hold the conference there.''
A court in Istanbul ordered the suspension of the academic conference
overnight.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Sept 23 2005
Bogazici And Sabanci Universities To Object Decision Of Court
ISTANBUL - Istanbul's Bogazici and Sabanci Universities will object
to decision of a court to suspend an academic conference on
''Armenians in the Late Ottoman Empire: Scientific Responsibility and
Democracy Problems'', it was announced.
Releasing a statement, the Bogazici University indicated that they
would object to the decision later in the day. But some of the guests
who arrived in Turkey from the United States, France and the
Netherlands to assist the conference, have already departed from
Turkey.
Meanwhile, members of the Union of Turkish NGOs held a demonstration
in front of the Bogazici University campus, to protest the
conference. Speaking on behalf of the group, Ramazan Bakkal,
secretary-general of the Union, said, ''we call on organizers of the
conference to hire a hall in Yerevan and hold the conference there.''
A court in Istanbul ordered the suspension of the academic conference
overnight.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress