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THE NEW YORK TIMES: STUNG BY POPE'S REMARKS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, TURKISH MINISTER INSULTS ARGENTINA
14:19 14/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
Turkish officials continued to vent their fury at Pope Francis on
Monday, one day after he called the mass killing of Armenians a century
ago "the first genocide of the 20th century," at a commemorative mass
at the Vatican, The New York Times writes.
The latest outraged response came from Volkan Bozkir, Turkey's
minister for European affairs, who significantly upped the ante on
his colleagues by suggesting that Argentines as whole, and not just
the pope, had been brainwashed by rich and powerful Armenians in
their midst.
In remarks broadcast on national television, Mr. Bozkir sought to
provide an explanation for where Argentines might have gotten the
idea that the 1.5 million Armenians killed between 1915 and 1923 in
the last days of the Ottoman Empire had been slaughtered intentionally.
"In Argentina," Mr. Bozkir asserted, "the Armenian diaspora controls
the media and business." The minister provided no evidence for his
assertion and was not asked for any.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/14/new-york-times/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/world/americas/stung-by-popes-remarks-on-armenian-genocide-turkish-minister-insults-argentina.html
From: Baghdasarian
14:19 14/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
Turkish officials continued to vent their fury at Pope Francis on
Monday, one day after he called the mass killing of Armenians a century
ago "the first genocide of the 20th century," at a commemorative mass
at the Vatican, The New York Times writes.
The latest outraged response came from Volkan Bozkir, Turkey's
minister for European affairs, who significantly upped the ante on
his colleagues by suggesting that Argentines as whole, and not just
the pope, had been brainwashed by rich and powerful Armenians in
their midst.
In remarks broadcast on national television, Mr. Bozkir sought to
provide an explanation for where Argentines might have gotten the
idea that the 1.5 million Armenians killed between 1915 and 1923 in
the last days of the Ottoman Empire had been slaughtered intentionally.
"In Argentina," Mr. Bozkir asserted, "the Armenian diaspora controls
the media and business." The minister provided no evidence for his
assertion and was not asked for any.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/14/new-york-times/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/world/americas/stung-by-popes-remarks-on-armenian-genocide-turkish-minister-insults-argentina.html
From: Baghdasarian