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DID TURKEY'S INTERIOR MINISTER ACTUALLY REFER TO ARMENIANS AMONG DEAD KURDISH "TERRORISTS"?
Hrant Gadarigian
hetq
17:16, August 9, 2012
A news report in today's Azerbaijani Trend news agency, referring
to the Turkish newspaper Sabah article, alleges that the Interior
Minister of Turkey, Idris Naim Sahin recently stated that of the
170 "terrorists" of the Kurdistan Workers' Party recently killed
in a Turkish military operation in the Hakkiri district, some were
Armenian citizens.
According to the Trend news item, Sahin said that half of 170
"terrorists" were foreigners and that along with Armenian citizens,
there were also citizens of Iran, Syria, Iraq and Israel.
I did find an article about the Turkish offensive which quotes Sahin
as saying:
"As of yesterday, findings show that in operations staged since July
23rd-24th, 115 terrorists have been rendered inactive. Operations
were concentrated mainly from the air. Our security forces also
took measures to prevent the terrorist organization's militants from
crossing back into Northern Iraq."
I also checked Google news and found that certain international
media outlets (Fox News, The Associate Press, and The Telegraph) also
picked up on Sahin's comments about the military offensive against
the KWP but there was no mention of Armenians or other "foreigners"
among the 115 dead "terrorists".
Hrant Gadarigian
hetq
17:16, August 9, 2012
A news report in today's Azerbaijani Trend news agency, referring
to the Turkish newspaper Sabah article, alleges that the Interior
Minister of Turkey, Idris Naim Sahin recently stated that of the
170 "terrorists" of the Kurdistan Workers' Party recently killed
in a Turkish military operation in the Hakkiri district, some were
Armenian citizens.
According to the Trend news item, Sahin said that half of 170
"terrorists" were foreigners and that along with Armenian citizens,
there were also citizens of Iran, Syria, Iraq and Israel.
I did find an article about the Turkish offensive which quotes Sahin
as saying:
"As of yesterday, findings show that in operations staged since July
23rd-24th, 115 terrorists have been rendered inactive. Operations
were concentrated mainly from the air. Our security forces also
took measures to prevent the terrorist organization's militants from
crossing back into Northern Iraq."
I also checked Google news and found that certain international
media outlets (Fox News, The Associate Press, and The Telegraph) also
picked up on Sahin's comments about the military offensive against
the KWP but there was no mention of Armenians or other "foreigners"
among the 115 dead "terrorists".