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    ANCA CONDEMNS ANTI-ARMENIAN PROTESTS IN TURKEY

    Armenian Weekly Staff
    February 27, 2012 11:56AM EST

    Calls on U.S. Ambassador to Denounce Government-Sanctioned Rallies
    Aimed at Inciting Violence

    Calls on U.S. Ambassador Ricciardone to Denounce Government-Sanctioned
    Rallies Aimed at Inciting Violence

    Placards read "You are all Armenians. You are all bastards."

    WASHINGTON-The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), sharply
    criticizing the government-sanctioned anti-Armenian demonstrations
    held throughout Turkey on Feb. 26, called on U.S.

    Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone to forcefully condemn
    this latest attempt by Ankara to foment hatred and violence against
    Armenians.

    "Today's anti-Armenian demonstrations in the streets of Istanbul-
    with the interior minister and prominent political parties at the
    helm-were clearly aimed at inciting increased racism and renewed
    violence against Turkey's own Armenian citizens and neighboring
    Armenia," stated ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "These are
    not simply the violent echoes of a post-genocidal state, but the
    determined actions of a pre-genocidal Turkish society that is angrily
    lashing out at its imagined enemies and seeking out its next target.

    We urge U.S. Ambassador Ricciardone to immediately, forcefully and
    publicly condemn this government-sanctioned incitement to violence."

    International news agencies have reported that 20,000 to 50,000 people
    participated in the anti-Armenian protests, with professionally printed
    signs that read, "You are all Armenians, You are All bastards," and
    "Today, Taksim, Tomorrow, Yerevan: We will descend upon you suddenly
    in the night."

    Among the speakers at the demonstration in Turkey's famous Taksim
    Square was Turkish Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin, among other
    leaders of Erdogan's AK Party.

    According to statements issued by the protest organizers, similar
    demonstrations have been planned in over 50 cities in Turkey.

    For updates and extensive photos, visit the Armenian Weekly Facebook
    page at http://www.facebook.com/ArmenianWeekly.

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/02/26/anca-condemns-anti-armenian-protest
    s-in-turkey/

    Other USA Links

    http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/152799/index.php

    http://la.indymedia.org/news/2012/02/251722.php

    http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/27/18708255.php

    http://chicago.indymedia.org/node/240

    http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/214498/index.php

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