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ANTI-SARKOZY DEMONSTRATION IN ISTANBUL
En-Nahar Online, Algeria
Oct 14 2011
Demonstrations against President Nicolas Sarkozy, have occurred Friday
in front of the consulate of France in Istanbul, following the call
a few days ago by this latter, for the recognition by Turkey of the
Armenian genocide.
The protesters carried portraits of Sarkozy with Adolph Hitler's
moustache and others denouncing the massacres committed by France
in Algeria during the period of colonialism. Some demonstrators wore
masks representing Algerian children, referring to the colonial past
of France in North Africa.
The head of the Turkish government Recep Tayyip Erdogan and several
government ministers, have denounced statements by Sarkozy during
his visit to Armenia and the Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis,
advised the French president to address the problems of the French
people instead of giving lessons to Turkey. France, whose colonial
past is known, does not have to give lessons to Turkey, said some
Turkish ministers.
During his visit to Armenia, President Sarkozy has asked Turkey to
immediately recognize the Armenian genocide, referring to the massacres
in 1915 and 1916 in Turkey, of hundreds of thousands of Armenians.
For Turkey, 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians died during this period.
These deaths were not victims of an extermination campaign but because
of the chaos of the last years of the Ottoman Empire.
http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/international/7459.html
En-Nahar Online, Algeria
Oct 14 2011
Demonstrations against President Nicolas Sarkozy, have occurred Friday
in front of the consulate of France in Istanbul, following the call
a few days ago by this latter, for the recognition by Turkey of the
Armenian genocide.
The protesters carried portraits of Sarkozy with Adolph Hitler's
moustache and others denouncing the massacres committed by France
in Algeria during the period of colonialism. Some demonstrators wore
masks representing Algerian children, referring to the colonial past
of France in North Africa.
The head of the Turkish government Recep Tayyip Erdogan and several
government ministers, have denounced statements by Sarkozy during
his visit to Armenia and the Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis,
advised the French president to address the problems of the French
people instead of giving lessons to Turkey. France, whose colonial
past is known, does not have to give lessons to Turkey, said some
Turkish ministers.
During his visit to Armenia, President Sarkozy has asked Turkey to
immediately recognize the Armenian genocide, referring to the massacres
in 1915 and 1916 in Turkey, of hundreds of thousands of Armenians.
For Turkey, 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians died during this period.
These deaths were not victims of an extermination campaign but because
of the chaos of the last years of the Ottoman Empire.
http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/international/7459.html