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  • ANKARA: Turks Protest Planns For Las Vegas Armenian 'Genocide' Monum

    TURKS PROTEST PLANNS FOR LAS VEGAS ARMENIAN 'GENOCIDE' MONUMENT

    The New Anatolian
    Oct 18 2006

    Turkish associations in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday protested
    the mayor's allocation of land for the construction of a monument
    commemorating victims of the Armenian "genocide."

    The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), an organization
    that coordinates Turkish associations in Las Vegas, sent a letter
    of protest to Mayor Oscar Goodman, in which they stated that such a
    monument would distort historical truths and could only be described
    as a "lynching" monument.

    ATAA head Vural Cengiz asserted that there is no evidence proving
    that Turks committed genocide against the Armenians. He urged Goodman
    to withdraw his approval, saying, "Please change your mind about the
    construction of a monument that is a realization of a bad proposal
    making reference to a fake genocide."

    Las Vegas is a U.S. city with an influential Armenian lobby.

    Cengiz also sent another letter of protest to French Ambassador to
    Washington Jean-David Levitte, criticizing the French Parliament's
    passage of a bill aimed at criminalizing the questioning of the
    Armenian genocide claims.
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