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TURKISH POLICE ARREST MAYOR WHO RELEASED DOVES AT ARMENIAN BORDER
news.am
May 16, 2012 | 13:15
The Turkish police detained, on Wednesday morning, the mayor and six
staff members from the Tuzluca Municipality of the Igdir Province,
which borders Armenia.
Mayor Ahmet Sait Sadrettin Turkan, who is a member of Turkey's ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP), is accused of falsifying of
state tenders, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.
To note, Tuzluca's mayor became known when he had gone to the
Armenian-Turkish border, in connection with 91st anniversary of
occupying Tuzluca from Armenia, and released doves into the air and
threw white and red cloves into the Arax River.
"We are releasing the doves in the hope of establishing peace in four
corners of the world, and throwing these cloves into the river in order
to take the development steps jointly with our Armenian neighbors,"
Tuzluca's Mayor had said.
news.am
May 16, 2012 | 13:15
The Turkish police detained, on Wednesday morning, the mayor and six
staff members from the Tuzluca Municipality of the Igdir Province,
which borders Armenia.
Mayor Ahmet Sait Sadrettin Turkan, who is a member of Turkey's ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP), is accused of falsifying of
state tenders, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.
To note, Tuzluca's mayor became known when he had gone to the
Armenian-Turkish border, in connection with 91st anniversary of
occupying Tuzluca from Armenia, and released doves into the air and
threw white and red cloves into the Arax River.
"We are releasing the doves in the hope of establishing peace in four
corners of the world, and throwing these cloves into the river in order
to take the development steps jointly with our Armenian neighbors,"
Tuzluca's Mayor had said.