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SECOND COURT CASE TO BE LAUNCHED AGAINST TURKISH HISTORIAN WHO THREATENED ARMENIAN ON LIVE TV
news.am
May 03, 2012 | 13:45
Turkey's "Say No to Racism and Nationalism" organization will file
a court case against Kemal Cicek, head of the Armenian Department at
the Turkish Historical Association, for threatening Garo Paylan, an
Istanbul Armenian school principal, during a live Turkish television
program.
According to the organization's statement issued in this regard,
insinuating all Armenians in Turkey, Cicek threatened Paylan during
the live telecast on April 25 and said: "If you continue speaking
like this, you will meet the reaction by the Turkish society. You
will end up in California, too."
"Saying such thing-one day after April 24, which is considered
Genocide Remembrance Day-to the Armenians who survived the Genocide,
is prosecuted by the Turkish Criminal Code: [on charges of] 'Pushing
people toward hatred and hostility.' Kemal Cicek's threat is directed
not only at Garo Paylan, but at all Armenians of Turkey. We stand
alongside all Armenian citizens in being against such mindset, and
we call for the dismissal of Kemal Cicek," the statement specifically
reads.
To note, the Istanbul branch of Turkey's Human Rights Union is likewise
preparing to file a lawsuit against Cicek.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
May 03, 2012 | 13:45
Turkey's "Say No to Racism and Nationalism" organization will file
a court case against Kemal Cicek, head of the Armenian Department at
the Turkish Historical Association, for threatening Garo Paylan, an
Istanbul Armenian school principal, during a live Turkish television
program.
According to the organization's statement issued in this regard,
insinuating all Armenians in Turkey, Cicek threatened Paylan during
the live telecast on April 25 and said: "If you continue speaking
like this, you will meet the reaction by the Turkish society. You
will end up in California, too."
"Saying such thing-one day after April 24, which is considered
Genocide Remembrance Day-to the Armenians who survived the Genocide,
is prosecuted by the Turkish Criminal Code: [on charges of] 'Pushing
people toward hatred and hostility.' Kemal Cicek's threat is directed
not only at Garo Paylan, but at all Armenians of Turkey. We stand
alongside all Armenian citizens in being against such mindset, and
we call for the dismissal of Kemal Cicek," the statement specifically
reads.
To note, the Istanbul branch of Turkey's Human Rights Union is likewise
preparing to file a lawsuit against Cicek.
From: A. Papazian