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    TURKEY'S EDUCATION MINISTRY BANNED SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY "SARI GELIN - TRUE OF THE ARMENIAN PROBLEM" IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

    APA
    Feb 25 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Ankara -APA. Turkish education ministry banned the screening of
    documentary "Sari Gelin - true of the Armenian problem" about the
    false "Armenian genocide" in the secondary schools. The decision was
    made after the protests of Armenians living in Turkey and number of
    non-governmental organizations, APA reports. The ministry said the
    documentary was sent to the school not as the direct, but supportive
    training aid. "The minister of education found out that use of
    material stepped over the bounds of goal and banned spread of DVDs
    in the schools".

    Armenian community of Turkey asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    to ban the screening of the documentary film. "If you see important
    usefulness of this film for Turkish children, please ban its screening
    in the Armenian schools to protect the Armenian children from the
    feelings of oppression, isolation and guiltiness. Please to free
    the Armenian children educating in the public schools from watching
    this film".

    The project of "Sari Gelin - true of the Armenian problem" started in
    1999 and lasted for 4 years. The film was shot in Turkey, Azerbaijan
    (Baku, Kalbajar), Armenia (Iravan, Gumru), Georgia, Russia, USA,
    Germany, Austria, Australia, France, Britain, Italia, Hungary, Lebanon
    and Syria. Turkish, Azerbaijani, Georgia. Russian, US, British, German,
    Austrian, Italian, French, Lebanese and Syrian archives were used in
    the film. The documentary, which is showing how the Armenian armed
    formations attacked and burned the Turkish villages in 1915, tortured
    and killed the people. The film was shown on TRT in 2003-2004. Turkish
    Coordination Council against the groundless genocide claims decided
    on March 15, 2007 to send DVDs to the Ministry of Education. The
    ministry received 56 388 DVDs on December 17, 2007 and spread the
    DVDs among the schools in summer of 2008.
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