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POLITICS.HU: ATATURK BUST VANDALIZED IN BUDAPEST
Panorama.am
08/10/2012
Barely two days after it was unveiled on September 29, the bronze
bust of Kemal Ataturk was doused with red paint by unknown people in
Budapest's District XIX, Politics.hu reports.
The website says that Ataturk, Turkey's founding father and first prime
minister, is seen by many Armenians as being responsible for the 1915
genocide against the country's Armenian community, in which more than a
million Armenians were systematically killed by the Ottoman government.
The incident came amid continued strained relations between Hungary
and Armenia over the extradition of an Azeri military officer who
killed his Armenian fellow student in Hungary in 2004, according to
the website.
The unveiling was preceded by strong protests from the local Armenian
community, while the district government had been urged by the Foreign
Ministry to rethink the plan.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama.am
08/10/2012
Barely two days after it was unveiled on September 29, the bronze
bust of Kemal Ataturk was doused with red paint by unknown people in
Budapest's District XIX, Politics.hu reports.
The website says that Ataturk, Turkey's founding father and first prime
minister, is seen by many Armenians as being responsible for the 1915
genocide against the country's Armenian community, in which more than a
million Armenians were systematically killed by the Ottoman government.
The incident came amid continued strained relations between Hungary
and Armenia over the extradition of an Azeri military officer who
killed his Armenian fellow student in Hungary in 2004, according to
the website.
The unveiling was preceded by strong protests from the local Armenian
community, while the district government had been urged by the Foreign
Ministry to rethink the plan.
From: A. Papazian