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Turkish FM to attend unveiling of Altikat memorial kept secret from
Armenian community
14:08 19/09/2012 » Society
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will help unveil a Canadian
memorial to honor Col. Atilla Altikat, who was killed in Ottawa in
1982 by ASALA, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
DavutoÄ?lu will pay a two-day working visit to Canada today and
tomorrow at the invitation of his Canadian counterpart, John Baird,
Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In addition to meeting Baird, Davutoglu will also `attend the opening
ceremony of the memorial which was built in honor of late Col. Atilla
Altıkat,' the statement said. Ministry officials said the memorial
would be opened on the second day of the visit.
The Turkish Embassy secretly erected the monument at the intersection
of two major roads in Ottawa, Canada's capital.
Rafet Akgunay, Turkish ambassador to Canada, approached the government
of Canada, the city of Ottawa, and the National Capital Commission
(NCC) for permission to erect a monument in Canada's capital. The
application, lobbying and permission were undertaken secretly so as
`to prevent possible interventions by the Armenian lobby,' Hurriyet
Daily News said.
After receiving permission, Akgunay commissioned Turkish sculptor
Necmettin Yagri to create the monument. Six months later, he approved
Yagri's concept. It took another six months for the semi-circular
steel-and-wood monument to be built. It's a huge, semi-circular
structure, measuring six metres. The pieces [40 crates] were flown to
Canada in July by the Turkish Airlines gratis and were assembled on
site, under white tarp, by Turkish workers.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Baghdasarian
Armenian community
14:08 19/09/2012 » Society
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will help unveil a Canadian
memorial to honor Col. Atilla Altikat, who was killed in Ottawa in
1982 by ASALA, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
DavutoÄ?lu will pay a two-day working visit to Canada today and
tomorrow at the invitation of his Canadian counterpart, John Baird,
Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In addition to meeting Baird, Davutoglu will also `attend the opening
ceremony of the memorial which was built in honor of late Col. Atilla
Altıkat,' the statement said. Ministry officials said the memorial
would be opened on the second day of the visit.
The Turkish Embassy secretly erected the monument at the intersection
of two major roads in Ottawa, Canada's capital.
Rafet Akgunay, Turkish ambassador to Canada, approached the government
of Canada, the city of Ottawa, and the National Capital Commission
(NCC) for permission to erect a monument in Canada's capital. The
application, lobbying and permission were undertaken secretly so as
`to prevent possible interventions by the Armenian lobby,' Hurriyet
Daily News said.
After receiving permission, Akgunay commissioned Turkish sculptor
Necmettin Yagri to create the monument. Six months later, he approved
Yagri's concept. It took another six months for the semi-circular
steel-and-wood monument to be built. It's a huge, semi-circular
structure, measuring six metres. The pieces [40 crates] were flown to
Canada in July by the Turkish Airlines gratis and were assembled on
site, under white tarp, by Turkish workers.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Baghdasarian