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TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY STRONGLY CONDEMNS SHOOTING OF 'INNOCENT' SHEPHERD BY ARMENIAN SOLDIERS
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 1 2013
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
The Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned, in a statement Aug.
1, the shooting of a shepherd by Armenian border guards at the eastern
Kars province
"We strongly condemn the shooting of an innocent citizen for a simple
border infringement apparently made very innocently," the ministry
said in the statement, calling on Yerevan to show "good sense" in
their relations with their neighbors.
"There is no valid explanation for the excessive use of Armenian
force in such an ordinary event," the statement added.
Mustafa Ulker, 35, had illegally passed over to the Armenian side
crossing the Arpacay river bordering both countries, reportedly in
an attempt to retrieve a lost sheep when he was shot by the Armenian
soldiers on the border late July 31.
"The animal was probably giving birth there. This incident took
place when he returned to retrieve the animal," Gov. Osman Ugurlu
of Kars's Akyaka district, where the incident took place, said about
the incident.
August/01/2013
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 1 2013
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
The Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned, in a statement Aug.
1, the shooting of a shepherd by Armenian border guards at the eastern
Kars province
"We strongly condemn the shooting of an innocent citizen for a simple
border infringement apparently made very innocently," the ministry
said in the statement, calling on Yerevan to show "good sense" in
their relations with their neighbors.
"There is no valid explanation for the excessive use of Armenian
force in such an ordinary event," the statement added.
Mustafa Ulker, 35, had illegally passed over to the Armenian side
crossing the Arpacay river bordering both countries, reportedly in
an attempt to retrieve a lost sheep when he was shot by the Armenian
soldiers on the border late July 31.
"The animal was probably giving birth there. This incident took
place when he returned to retrieve the animal," Gov. Osman Ugurlu
of Kars's Akyaka district, where the incident took place, said about
the incident.
August/01/2013
From: A. Papazian