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  • ANKARA: Ankara condemns disrespect for its flag in Armenia commem.

    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    April 26 2008


    Ankara condemns disrespect for its flag in Armenia commemoration


    The Turkish capital has harshly reacted against a Turkish flag being
    trod upon during an official demonstration in Yerevan on Thursday
    commemorating tragic World War I-era events that Armenians claim
    amount to genocide.


    News reports showed pictures of the demonstration during which a
    Turkish flag was laid on the ground and participants of the
    commemoration stamped on it, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday in a
    written statement. There were also reports that a Turkish flag was
    burned during an earlier demonstration on Wednesday, also in Yerevan,
    the statement said, stressing that the same reports noted the acts of
    disrespect were also committed by Armenian officials.

    "With the meaning that it carries, the Turkish flag symbolizes freedom
    and all the fundamental values and beliefs of the lofty Turkish
    nation, which have come from, the history to date. In regards to this
    aspect, it is in a way accepted as synonymous with our nation's
    existence. The importance attributed by the Turkish nation to these
    values and its flag, which reflects them is closely known by
    everybody. In this regard, the related news reports led to great
    sadness, reaction and indignation in our society," the Foreign
    Ministry spokesperson said in the statement. "We harshly condemn those
    manners and actions," the statement concluded.

    Turkey categorically rejects the Armenian claims of genocide and says
    equal numbers of Turks were killed when the Armenians took up arms
    against the Ottoman Empire in collaboration with the invading Russian
    army.
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