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Turkish president's visit to Sweden can be considered failure -
Armenian turkologist
NEWS.AM
March 16, 2013 | 12:55
YEREVAN. - Turkish President Abdullah Gul's recent trip to Sweden was
accompanied by unpleasant incidents, Armenian turkologist Andranik
Ispiryan stated during a press conference on Saturday.
In his words, the first unpleasant circumstance for the Turks was the
fact that Gul's visit coincided with the second anniversary of the
Swedish parliament's passing of a resolution that condemns the
Genocide. Ispiryan noted that the Swedish-Armenian community had
carried out an interesting protest during Gul's trip to the country.
It leased a small plane, which circled around the sky with a banner
that read: `Turkey, accept the 1915 Armenian Genocide!'
`A relative of the Swedish king died on the first day of Gul's visit.
A Swedish police officer fell into a canal, while accompanying the
Turkish president to the Swedish Royal Palace, and he died en route to
hospital. Armenians gathered in protest in front of the building,
while Gul was addressing the Swedish parliament, and they demanded the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
A group of PKK [that is, the Kurdistan Workers' Party] supporters
appeared before Gul, during his visit to Stockholm Municipality, and
chanted anti-Turkish slogans. [And] during the evening reception that
was held at Grand Hotel in Gul's honor, they discovered a bag with
explosives nearby the hotel,' the turkologist noted, and stressed that
as a result of all this, the Turkish president's visit to Sweden can
be considered a failure.
Armenian turkologist
NEWS.AM
March 16, 2013 | 12:55
YEREVAN. - Turkish President Abdullah Gul's recent trip to Sweden was
accompanied by unpleasant incidents, Armenian turkologist Andranik
Ispiryan stated during a press conference on Saturday.
In his words, the first unpleasant circumstance for the Turks was the
fact that Gul's visit coincided with the second anniversary of the
Swedish parliament's passing of a resolution that condemns the
Genocide. Ispiryan noted that the Swedish-Armenian community had
carried out an interesting protest during Gul's trip to the country.
It leased a small plane, which circled around the sky with a banner
that read: `Turkey, accept the 1915 Armenian Genocide!'
`A relative of the Swedish king died on the first day of Gul's visit.
A Swedish police officer fell into a canal, while accompanying the
Turkish president to the Swedish Royal Palace, and he died en route to
hospital. Armenians gathered in protest in front of the building,
while Gul was addressing the Swedish parliament, and they demanded the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
A group of PKK [that is, the Kurdistan Workers' Party] supporters
appeared before Gul, during his visit to Stockholm Municipality, and
chanted anti-Turkish slogans. [And] during the evening reception that
was held at Grand Hotel in Gul's honor, they discovered a bag with
explosives nearby the hotel,' the turkologist noted, and stressed that
as a result of all this, the Turkish president's visit to Sweden can
be considered a failure.