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    THE ASYLUM DEMANDS OF TERRORISTS ARE NOT GENUINE, JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK

    Turkish Press
    Oct 5 2006

    ANKARA - "The asylum demands of the terrorists are not genuine,
    they don't rely on real reasons. You have to act accordingly," said
    Turkish Justice Minister on Wednesday.

    Cicek received Switzerland's Chief of Justice & Police Federal
    Department Christoph Blocher today, in Ankara. Holding a joint press
    conference at the Justice Ministry, Cicek underlined the importance
    of the international cooperation against terrorism and said every
    country should do its best to fight against terrorism.

    "The terrorists go to European countries after they commit a crime.

    Because of the legal loopholes in those countries, they benefit from
    the democratic rights," Cicek said.

    Cemil Cicek added that they expect the European countries to act
    accordingly to the terrorists who seek asylum.

    - "SWITZERLAND BEHAVE TIMIDLY TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" -

    "Switzerland as an impartial country behave timidly to the terrorist
    organizations," Switzerland's Chief of Justice & Police Federal
    Department Christoph Blocher stated. Blocher added that, Switzerland
    only accepts Nazis and El Qaida as terrorist organizations.

    Blocher mentioned that they can not respond Turkey's demand to accept
    some of the organizations as terrorist organizations but there must
    be a cooperation against terrorism. "Some governments apply us and
    want us to help for a contact between them. Since we are an impartial
    counrty we may be beneficial to help them," he added.

    - SO CALLED 'ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'-

    Cicek said that the Turkish government is finding it hard to understand
    why statements rejecting so-called Armenian genocide would constitute
    a crime.

    "When you take into consideration freedom of expression of ideas,
    any penalty for rejecting so-called Armenian genocide can not be
    accepted. I conveyed our approach to the subject. This is a matter
    involving history. Historians, scientists and joint commissions
    can conduct research on the matter. As the Turkish government and
    administration, we have opened all archives. Trying to resolve
    historical matters with political decisions only makes the matter
    more complex to deal with and is not a realistic approach. I tried
    to explain our uneasiness on the matter," stressed Cicek.

    Blocher reminded that Chairman of the Turkish Historical Society Dr.
    Yusuf Halacoglu and Turkish Labor Party leader Dogu Perincek faced
    legal investigation for making comments that the so-called "Armenian
    genocide never took place". "We support the idea to establish a
    commission of historians so that they can conduct research on the
    matter," noted Blocher.

    "There is a law in Switzerland that originally was designed to punish
    those denying the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. We could not
    have imagined that this law could be applied to so-called Armenian
    genocide. This law is a headache for us. My ministry will research
    ways to handle the matter without interfering in Halacoglu and Perincek
    cases," stressed Blocher.

    Blocher added that he invited the Justice Minister Cicek to Switzerland
    and if Cicek says " Turks did not commit genocide to Armenians"
    in his country, nothing will happen. If Cicek goes to jail, he will
    also go to jail with him, he said.
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