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AKHTAMAR ISLAND USED TO BE A VENUE WHERE TURKISH WOMEN WERE RAPED, SAY TURKISH NATIONALISTS
Tert.am
18:13 20.09.10
Turkish mass media, as expected, is widely covering the recent
long-awaited mass in Sourb Khach Church in Van, Eastern Turkey.
The reactions are various, but in general the Turkish media is making
an attempt to represent the event with as much bright colors and
positively as possible.
The main accentuations found in the Turkish newspaper and news agencies
particularly refer to the "friendship between the Armenian and Turkish
peoples," "Turkish authorities' tolerance," "large number of Armenians
attending the mass despite calls to boycott it," "the elimination of
one more taboo," and the fact that all this is for the first time
ever taking place during the rule of Justice and Development Party
headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
There are other reactions too. Turkish daily Yeni Cagh, a newspaper
known for its nationalistic views, has published an article which says
that Akhtamar Island used to be an island "for raping Turkish women."
"The Sourb Khach Church in Akhtamar renovated by the Justice and
Development Party is of great significance for the grand-children of
those Armenians who during the years of occupation would kidnap Turkish
women, bring them to the island and dishonor them. The Armenians,
who were with Russian weapons fighting against Turks during the First
World War, turned Akhtamar Island into an 'island where Turkish women
were being raped'," writes the paper.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
18:13 20.09.10
Turkish mass media, as expected, is widely covering the recent
long-awaited mass in Sourb Khach Church in Van, Eastern Turkey.
The reactions are various, but in general the Turkish media is making
an attempt to represent the event with as much bright colors and
positively as possible.
The main accentuations found in the Turkish newspaper and news agencies
particularly refer to the "friendship between the Armenian and Turkish
peoples," "Turkish authorities' tolerance," "large number of Armenians
attending the mass despite calls to boycott it," "the elimination of
one more taboo," and the fact that all this is for the first time
ever taking place during the rule of Justice and Development Party
headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
There are other reactions too. Turkish daily Yeni Cagh, a newspaper
known for its nationalistic views, has published an article which says
that Akhtamar Island used to be an island "for raping Turkish women."
"The Sourb Khach Church in Akhtamar renovated by the Justice and
Development Party is of great significance for the grand-children of
those Armenians who during the years of occupation would kidnap Turkish
women, bring them to the island and dishonor them. The Armenians,
who were with Russian weapons fighting against Turks during the First
World War, turned Akhtamar Island into an 'island where Turkish women
were being raped'," writes the paper.
From: A. Papazian