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COURT DID NOT STOP RACIST DOCUMENTATION "SARI GELIN"
BIAnet.org
July 21 2010
Turkey
The case filed by the International Hrant Dink Foundation against the
Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education related to the
screening of the controversial "Sarı Gelin" documentary at Turkish
schools was dismissed by the Administrative Court.
Erhan USTUNDAÄ~^ [email protected] Istanbul - BÄ°A News Center21 July
2010, Wednesday The Administrative Court dismissed the application
filed by the International Hrant Dink Foundation regarding the
allegedly racist documentation entitled "Sarı Gelin" (Blonde Bride).
The foundation had applied in order to stop the distribution of the
controversial documentation at schools.
The full title of the documentary is "Sarı Gelin: The Inside Story
of the Armenian Problem". It deals with the events of 1915, when, so
many Armenians and also an increasing number of Turks say, millions of
Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire were forcibly sent into exile.
Many people starved, die of exhaustion or were killed by gangs.
The court dismissed the trial because the procedure subject to the
case was not a definitive procedure necessary to be conducted and
because it was classified as an announcement.
Officials of the foundation announced to appeal against the decision.
The documentary was sent out to primary schools by the Ministry of
National Education and the Provincial Directorates of Culture in June
2008. The National Education District Directorates sent a writing to
all schools in January 2008, calling the schools to show the movie
to all students.
Doctor Serdar K. claimed that the documentation had negative effects on
his daughter in fifth grade. He filed a criminal complaint against the
Ministry of National Education, the Istanbul Directorate of National
Education and the primary school visited by his daughter.
He wrote the following in his petition:
"The documentary entitled "Sarı Gelin" was shown to my daughter on
13 February without my knowledge and permission as the father. My
daughter was strongly influenced by the documentary; she was afraid
and asked many questions starting with 'Did the Armenians stab us?'"
"This sort of documentation develops feelings of hate and enmity
which damage my daughter's psychology. It is an attack on the rights
of my daughter and as the father also on my rights by the school I
entrusted my daughter to. My daughter was strongly taken aback and
kept on asking questions despite my affirmations that all peoples
are brothers. A criminal complaint became compelling to punish the
people responsible for this". (EU/VK)
From: A. Papazian
BIAnet.org
July 21 2010
Turkey
The case filed by the International Hrant Dink Foundation against the
Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education related to the
screening of the controversial "Sarı Gelin" documentary at Turkish
schools was dismissed by the Administrative Court.
Erhan USTUNDAÄ~^ [email protected] Istanbul - BÄ°A News Center21 July
2010, Wednesday The Administrative Court dismissed the application
filed by the International Hrant Dink Foundation regarding the
allegedly racist documentation entitled "Sarı Gelin" (Blonde Bride).
The foundation had applied in order to stop the distribution of the
controversial documentation at schools.
The full title of the documentary is "Sarı Gelin: The Inside Story
of the Armenian Problem". It deals with the events of 1915, when, so
many Armenians and also an increasing number of Turks say, millions of
Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire were forcibly sent into exile.
Many people starved, die of exhaustion or were killed by gangs.
The court dismissed the trial because the procedure subject to the
case was not a definitive procedure necessary to be conducted and
because it was classified as an announcement.
Officials of the foundation announced to appeal against the decision.
The documentary was sent out to primary schools by the Ministry of
National Education and the Provincial Directorates of Culture in June
2008. The National Education District Directorates sent a writing to
all schools in January 2008, calling the schools to show the movie
to all students.
Doctor Serdar K. claimed that the documentation had negative effects on
his daughter in fifth grade. He filed a criminal complaint against the
Ministry of National Education, the Istanbul Directorate of National
Education and the primary school visited by his daughter.
He wrote the following in his petition:
"The documentary entitled "Sarı Gelin" was shown to my daughter on
13 February without my knowledge and permission as the father. My
daughter was strongly influenced by the documentary; she was afraid
and asked many questions starting with 'Did the Armenians stab us?'"
"This sort of documentation develops feelings of hate and enmity
which damage my daughter's psychology. It is an attack on the rights
of my daughter and as the father also on my rights by the school I
entrusted my daughter to. My daughter was strongly taken aback and
kept on asking questions despite my affirmations that all peoples
are brothers. A criminal complaint became compelling to punish the
people responsible for this". (EU/VK)
From: A. Papazian