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ARMENIANS OF HUNGARY SAY THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION TO ATATURK'S BUST VANDALIZING
http://armenianow.com/news/40296/ataturk_memorial_vandalized_budapest
News | 09.10.12 | 11:20
The Armenian community of Hungary denies the claims of some Turkish
mass media on their complicity in vandalizing Kemal Ataturk's memorial,
which was erected last September in Budapest.
The bronze bust of Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was
doused paint by unknown people. Ataturk is seen by many Armenians as
responsible for Armenians' exile from the Ottoman Turkey following
the 1915 genocide.
Nikoghos Hakobian, representative of the Armenian community in
Budapest, said that there is no such information on Armenians
participation in the act of vandalism, and if there any, the Armenian
community would have been informed about it
The unveiling of the memorial on September 29 in Hungary's capital
was preceded by strong protests from the local Armenian community,
who applied to the municipality asking to rethink the plan and saying
the placing of such monument will not be in Hungary's interests.
The incident came amid continued strained relations between Armenia
and Hungary over the extradition to Azerbaijan of the Azeri military
officer who brutally killed his Armenia fellow student during NATO's
trainings in Hungary in 2004.
http://armenianow.com/news/40296/ataturk_memorial_vandalized_budapest
News | 09.10.12 | 11:20
The Armenian community of Hungary denies the claims of some Turkish
mass media on their complicity in vandalizing Kemal Ataturk's memorial,
which was erected last September in Budapest.
The bronze bust of Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was
doused paint by unknown people. Ataturk is seen by many Armenians as
responsible for Armenians' exile from the Ottoman Turkey following
the 1915 genocide.
Nikoghos Hakobian, representative of the Armenian community in
Budapest, said that there is no such information on Armenians
participation in the act of vandalism, and if there any, the Armenian
community would have been informed about it
The unveiling of the memorial on September 29 in Hungary's capital
was preceded by strong protests from the local Armenian community,
who applied to the municipality asking to rethink the plan and saying
the placing of such monument will not be in Hungary's interests.
The incident came amid continued strained relations between Armenia
and Hungary over the extradition to Azerbaijan of the Azeri military
officer who brutally killed his Armenia fellow student during NATO's
trainings in Hungary in 2004.