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TURKISH COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA PROTEST GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Assyrian International News Agency AINA
June 18 2013
Australian Turkish communities including those of Azerbaijan, Turkey,
Northern Cyprus and Central Asian republics have staged a rally in
front of the NSW Parliament building in Sydney in a protest against the
parliament's official recognition of the Assyrian, Armenian and Greek
genocide allegations, Azertac state news agency reported on June 18.
The motion claimed Armenians, Assyrians and Greek communities were
subject to "qualitatively similar" genocides at the hands of the
Ottoman Government between 1914 and 1922.
Involving more than 2,000 people, the rally started with a short
visit to lay a wreath at the ANZAC Cenotaph in Martin Place.
Chanting slogans "Leave history to historians!", "Parliament is
not a court to judge!", "Stop spread of hatred and lies", "Protect
your multiculturalism", the participants called on the Parliament
to promote peace and friendship, not the spread of hatred and lies
among the multicultural Australian society.
Australian-Azerbaijani-Turkish Friendship President Imametdin Kassoumov
said the main purpose of the rally was to raise awareness among the
local communities and prevent the parliament from similar actions in
the future.
"What we want is that all communities with different origin and
ethnicity live in friendship and peace in Australia. We don't want
a decision made by the parliament based on false allegations to be
presented to the future generations as historical facts to promote
hatred. These things should be investigated by historians, taking
into account the realities existed that time. We want the parliament
to promote peace and friendship, not the spread of hatred," he said.
The rally was organized by Australian Turkic Alliance in
association with other partner organizations including
Australian-Azerbaijani-Turkish Friendship Unity.
http://www.azernews.az
http://www.aina.org/news/20130618132228.htm
From: Baghdasarian
Assyrian International News Agency AINA
June 18 2013
Australian Turkish communities including those of Azerbaijan, Turkey,
Northern Cyprus and Central Asian republics have staged a rally in
front of the NSW Parliament building in Sydney in a protest against the
parliament's official recognition of the Assyrian, Armenian and Greek
genocide allegations, Azertac state news agency reported on June 18.
The motion claimed Armenians, Assyrians and Greek communities were
subject to "qualitatively similar" genocides at the hands of the
Ottoman Government between 1914 and 1922.
Involving more than 2,000 people, the rally started with a short
visit to lay a wreath at the ANZAC Cenotaph in Martin Place.
Chanting slogans "Leave history to historians!", "Parliament is
not a court to judge!", "Stop spread of hatred and lies", "Protect
your multiculturalism", the participants called on the Parliament
to promote peace and friendship, not the spread of hatred and lies
among the multicultural Australian society.
Australian-Azerbaijani-Turkish Friendship President Imametdin Kassoumov
said the main purpose of the rally was to raise awareness among the
local communities and prevent the parliament from similar actions in
the future.
"What we want is that all communities with different origin and
ethnicity live in friendship and peace in Australia. We don't want
a decision made by the parliament based on false allegations to be
presented to the future generations as historical facts to promote
hatred. These things should be investigated by historians, taking
into account the realities existed that time. We want the parliament
to promote peace and friendship, not the spread of hatred," he said.
The rally was organized by Australian Turkic Alliance in
association with other partner organizations including
Australian-Azerbaijani-Turkish Friendship Unity.
http://www.azernews.az
http://www.aina.org/news/20130618132228.htm
From: Baghdasarian