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'MOUNT ARARAT WILL BECOME YOUR GRAVE' CHANT TURKISH STUDENTS
Armenian Weekly
February 28, 2012
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)- More photographs have emerged on Feb. 28
from different cities in Turkey, including one from an event at
the Suleyman Demirel University in Isparta, where students chanted
"Mount Ararat will become your grave" and other racist slogans,
according to the Turkish daily newspaper Radikal.
'Do not remain silent against the Armenian lie' (Source: Radikal)
Photographs show dozens of students at the university lying down and
holding ant-Armenian signs like: "Do not remain silent against the
Armenian lie" (see photo).
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.
Armenian Weekly
February 28, 2012
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)- More photographs have emerged on Feb. 28
from different cities in Turkey, including one from an event at
the Suleyman Demirel University in Isparta, where students chanted
"Mount Ararat will become your grave" and other racist slogans,
according to the Turkish daily newspaper Radikal.
'Do not remain silent against the Armenian lie' (Source: Radikal)
Photographs show dozens of students at the university lying down and
holding ant-Armenian signs like: "Do not remain silent against the
Armenian lie" (see photo).
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.