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INQUIRY STARTED AGAINST ANTI-ARMENIAN SLOGANS
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 2 2012
Russia
As authorities in Istanbul rolled into action to determine the
identities of the protesters who carried provocative banners at
a recently rally to commemorate the Azeri victims of the Khojaly
massacre of 1992, the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos also condemned
the incident, Hurriyet Daily News informs.
"Banners, words and behaviors employed by provocative groups that cast
a shadow over the goal and spirit of the rally cannot be approved," a
statement from the Interior Ministry said late Feb. 29, amid criticism
over the weekend rally that featured anti-Armenian slogans and chants.
Interior Minister Ä°dris Naim Å~^ahin, who participated in the rally
and also came under fire for remarks he made there, had "no objective
other than condemning the massacre," the statement continued, adding
that his remarks were "distorted" and "taken out of context." The
statement stressed that, "the rights of all citizens in Turkey are
guaranteed and everyone is a first-class citizen, regardless of their
ethnic identity, language and faith."
From: Baghdasarian
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 2 2012
Russia
As authorities in Istanbul rolled into action to determine the
identities of the protesters who carried provocative banners at
a recently rally to commemorate the Azeri victims of the Khojaly
massacre of 1992, the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos also condemned
the incident, Hurriyet Daily News informs.
"Banners, words and behaviors employed by provocative groups that cast
a shadow over the goal and spirit of the rally cannot be approved," a
statement from the Interior Ministry said late Feb. 29, amid criticism
over the weekend rally that featured anti-Armenian slogans and chants.
Interior Minister Ä°dris Naim Å~^ahin, who participated in the rally
and also came under fire for remarks he made there, had "no objective
other than condemning the massacre," the statement continued, adding
that his remarks were "distorted" and "taken out of context." The
statement stressed that, "the rights of all citizens in Turkey are
guaranteed and everyone is a first-class citizen, regardless of their
ethnic identity, language and faith."
From: Baghdasarian