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DUTCH TURKISH COMMUNITY URGED TO VOTE
Malaysia Sun, Malaysia
Oct 10 2006
The Netherlands' Turkish immigrant group wants its members to vote
in the November poll despite a dispute over Armenian mass killings
of the last century.
The dispute has resulted in the Labor PvdA and Christian Democrat
CDA parties dumping their Turkish candidates, reports the Expatica.
The Turkish lobby group IOT organized a meeting over the weekend
to agree on a course of action in response to the outrage among the
Turks over the dumping of their candidates. The leaders decided against
boycotting the national elections and urged members to withhold support
for the PvdA and CDA. They asked members to vote for the Democrat D66,
whose leader has rejected any discussion on the Armenian killings
which happened at the start of the 20th century.
Many Turks admit many deaths occurred under the Ottoman Empire during
World War I but deny committing genocide.
Malaysia Sun, Malaysia
Oct 10 2006
The Netherlands' Turkish immigrant group wants its members to vote
in the November poll despite a dispute over Armenian mass killings
of the last century.
The dispute has resulted in the Labor PvdA and Christian Democrat
CDA parties dumping their Turkish candidates, reports the Expatica.
The Turkish lobby group IOT organized a meeting over the weekend
to agree on a course of action in response to the outrage among the
Turks over the dumping of their candidates. The leaders decided against
boycotting the national elections and urged members to withhold support
for the PvdA and CDA. They asked members to vote for the Democrat D66,
whose leader has rejected any discussion on the Armenian killings
which happened at the start of the 20th century.
Many Turks admit many deaths occurred under the Ottoman Empire during
World War I but deny committing genocide.