TURKISH PRESIDENT DENIES CLAIMS ON HIS BEING OF ARMENIAN ORIGIN
Trend News Agency
Dec 22, 2008
Azerbaijan
Turkish President Abdullah Gul denied claims about his mother's being
of Armenian origin, CNN TURK reported.
Gul said that he was a local resident of Kayseri city of Turkey. "My
mother is a member of Satoglu and father is a member of Gul family
with Turkish and Muslims origins," he said. Gul added that evidence
for his being of Muslim and Turkish origin is an official birth
certificate and his countrymen in Kayseri city.
Trend News Agency
Dec 22, 2008
Azerbaijan
Turkish President Abdullah Gul denied claims about his mother's being
of Armenian origin, CNN TURK reported.
Gul said that he was a local resident of Kayseri city of Turkey. "My
mother is a member of Satoglu and father is a member of Gul family
with Turkish and Muslims origins," he said. Gul added that evidence
for his being of Muslim and Turkish origin is an official birth
certificate and his countrymen in Kayseri city.