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Jan 11 2012
Bulgaria Scraps Armenian Genocide Declaration Once Again
Domestic | January 11, 2012, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Parliament did not support the fifth consecutive attempt on
behalf of the far-right Ataka (Attack) party to pass a declaration
recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against Armenians
(1915-1922).
On Wednesday, Ataka leader Volen Siderov pointed out that it was
completely normal for "a patriotic party like his" to support the
recognition of the Armenian genocide.
"To hide certain events from your history because they are bad for you
as a country is demagogy in my opinion," Siderov pointed out.
Lyutvi Mestan, a key MP from the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights
and Freedoms party, opposed Ataka's suggestion, stating that the
Parliament was not an institution that should determine historical
truths as the highest instance.
"The Bulgarian Parliament should not deal with that topic," Mestan declared.
According to Bulgaria's last census, some 600 000 ethnic Turks live in
the country, forming the country's largest minority. Armenians, though
considerably fewer in number, are also among Bulgaria's significant
minorities.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=135619
Jan 11 2012
Bulgaria Scraps Armenian Genocide Declaration Once Again
Domestic | January 11, 2012, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Parliament did not support the fifth consecutive attempt on
behalf of the far-right Ataka (Attack) party to pass a declaration
recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against Armenians
(1915-1922).
On Wednesday, Ataka leader Volen Siderov pointed out that it was
completely normal for "a patriotic party like his" to support the
recognition of the Armenian genocide.
"To hide certain events from your history because they are bad for you
as a country is demagogy in my opinion," Siderov pointed out.
Lyutvi Mestan, a key MP from the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights
and Freedoms party, opposed Ataka's suggestion, stating that the
Parliament was not an institution that should determine historical
truths as the highest instance.
"The Bulgarian Parliament should not deal with that topic," Mestan declared.
According to Bulgaria's last census, some 600 000 ethnic Turks live in
the country, forming the country's largest minority. Armenians, though
considerably fewer in number, are also among Bulgaria's significant
minorities.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=135619