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BIBLICAL MOUNTAIN PRESENTED UNDER NAME OF ARARAT IN TURKISH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
Noyan Tapan
April 8, 2008
ANKARA, APRIL 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Turkish ministry of
education in 2007 prepared and published geography textbooks intended
for senior school pupils, in which the biblical mountain is presented
not as Agri Dagi but as Ararat (the official name of Mount Ararat in
Turkey is Agri Dagi).
According to Cihan news agency, the trade union of Turkish employees
of education and science expressed its concern over the "inexusable
mistake" of the ministry of education: "This error in geography
textbooks approved by the ministry in 2007 is inexusable because the
name "Ararat" has become a symbol of the so-called Armenian Genocide
today," the chairman of the trade union Ismail Koncuk stated, adding
that such activities of the Turkish ministry of education "contribute
to Armenian propaganda".
Noyan Tapan
April 8, 2008
ANKARA, APRIL 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Turkish ministry of
education in 2007 prepared and published geography textbooks intended
for senior school pupils, in which the biblical mountain is presented
not as Agri Dagi but as Ararat (the official name of Mount Ararat in
Turkey is Agri Dagi).
According to Cihan news agency, the trade union of Turkish employees
of education and science expressed its concern over the "inexusable
mistake" of the ministry of education: "This error in geography
textbooks approved by the ministry in 2007 is inexusable because the
name "Ararat" has become a symbol of the so-called Armenian Genocide
today," the chairman of the trade union Ismail Koncuk stated, adding
that such activities of the Turkish ministry of education "contribute
to Armenian propaganda".