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TURKISH PRESIDENT EXTENDS INVITATION TO KURDISH MAYOR THAT APOLOGIZED TO ARMENIANS FOR MASSACRES
December 24, 2013 | 00:04
A mayor from Turkey's pro-Kurdish "Peace and Democracy Party" (BDP)
is invited to the "President's Culture and Art Grand Award" ceremony,
which will be held at the Presidential Palace of Turkey.
President Abdullah Gul invited Abdullah Demirbas, Mayor of the City of
Sur of Diyarbakir Province, to the event that will be held on Tuesday,
Milliyet daily of Turkey reports.
Demirbas has published several Armenian tales in Armenian and in
Turkish. In addition, and at Demirbas' initiative, the Diyarbakir
travel guide was published in Armenian. Furthermore, "Welcome"
is written in Armenian on the signs that are placed on the roads
entering Diyarbakir.
In September 2013, the Mayor of Sur apologized, on behalf of the
Kurds, to the Armenians and the Assyrians, for the massacre and
the deportation.
"We will continue our struggle until we achieve compensation,"
Abdullah Demirbas had stated.
http://news.am/eng/news/186780.html
December 24, 2013 | 00:04
A mayor from Turkey's pro-Kurdish "Peace and Democracy Party" (BDP)
is invited to the "President's Culture and Art Grand Award" ceremony,
which will be held at the Presidential Palace of Turkey.
President Abdullah Gul invited Abdullah Demirbas, Mayor of the City of
Sur of Diyarbakir Province, to the event that will be held on Tuesday,
Milliyet daily of Turkey reports.
Demirbas has published several Armenian tales in Armenian and in
Turkish. In addition, and at Demirbas' initiative, the Diyarbakir
travel guide was published in Armenian. Furthermore, "Welcome"
is written in Armenian on the signs that are placed on the roads
entering Diyarbakir.
In September 2013, the Mayor of Sur apologized, on behalf of the
Kurds, to the Armenians and the Assyrians, for the massacre and
the deportation.
"We will continue our struggle until we achieve compensation,"
Abdullah Demirbas had stated.
http://news.am/eng/news/186780.html