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CHAMBER EXPECTS AN APOLOGY FROM FRANCE
Hurriyet, Turkey
Feb 12 2013
French soldiers used Turkish children in Gaziantep as war prisoners
after World War I, the head of Gaziantep Architects' Chamber said,
calling the incident a humanitarian crime that France must apologize
to the city for.
Sıtkı Severoglu claimed the chamber had historical documents showing
that French soldier had used children as prisoners of war, felled
trees and overlooked the plunder of the town's historical artifacts.
Compensation for humanitarian crimes
"France owes an apology and compensation to Gaziantep due to these
humanitarian crimes," said Severoglu.
Retired Gen. Dursun Bak also said they had started a project to lighten
the defense of Gaziantep against the French forces in World War I and
brought 2,812 documents from France. Severoglu said the documents dated
back to 1920 and show that Turkish children were used in the exchange
of a Senegalese soldier from Turks during Turkey's independence war.
He also said a British archeologist, Leonard Woolley, has started
excavation at KarkamıÅ~_ in 1912, 1914 and 1919.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chamber-expects-an-apology-from-france.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40921&NewsCatID=338
Hurriyet, Turkey
Feb 12 2013
French soldiers used Turkish children in Gaziantep as war prisoners
after World War I, the head of Gaziantep Architects' Chamber said,
calling the incident a humanitarian crime that France must apologize
to the city for.
Sıtkı Severoglu claimed the chamber had historical documents showing
that French soldier had used children as prisoners of war, felled
trees and overlooked the plunder of the town's historical artifacts.
Compensation for humanitarian crimes
"France owes an apology and compensation to Gaziantep due to these
humanitarian crimes," said Severoglu.
Retired Gen. Dursun Bak also said they had started a project to lighten
the defense of Gaziantep against the French forces in World War I and
brought 2,812 documents from France. Severoglu said the documents dated
back to 1920 and show that Turkish children were used in the exchange
of a Senegalese soldier from Turks during Turkey's independence war.
He also said a British archeologist, Leonard Woolley, has started
excavation at KarkamıÅ~_ in 1912, 1914 and 1919.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chamber-expects-an-apology-from-france.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40921&NewsCatID=338