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AMERICAN TV CHANNELS RECORD DISGRACEFUL FAILURE OF TURKISH DIPLOMACY
15:33, 5 March, 2015
YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. The leading American TV channels
displayed the disgraceful defeat of the Turkish diplomatic circles
in the City Council of City of Carson, which voted unanimously on
Wednesday to reject a measure to erect a monument to Kemal Ataturk
in the city, after lengthy debate during the regular city council
session. As reports "Armenpress", the prominent American ABC7 aired
a piece of reporting online dedicated to the issue.
The vote came after hours of heated debate Wednesday over the tribute
honoring Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was the first
president of Turkey.
"I want to celebrate my heritage. Ataturk is George Washington to
our country," Vega Sankur said.
Opponents said Ataturk was a vicious dictator responsible for the
Armenian Genocide.
"I highly doubt that if a city was entertaining a German cultural
monument, the German government would recommend a monument of Adolf
Hitler," Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian said.
"I'm here to vociferously oppose the donation, installation of the
statue to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk," Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanyan said.
Tempers flared when the Turkish Consul General addressed the city
council. Opponents standing turned their back on her as she spoke.
Carson is now looking for other sculptures to add to its garden.
Currently, the garden only has one piece of art.
As reports Armenpress citing Asbarez, more than 400 people opposing
the measure, led by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US
Central Committee, Armenian National Committee of America-Western
Region, the Armenian Youth Federation and the American Hellenic
Council flocked to the Carson City Hall, where a capacity crowd in
the council chamber spilled outside to protest the measure.
Speaking against the monument were Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanian,
Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian, Glendale City Clerk Ardashes "Ardy"
Kassakhian, Professor Levon Marashlian and the Vice Chairman of the
American Hellenic Council Aris Anagnos. Although there were only six
speakers permitted per side, there were 298 speaker cards submitted
in opposition to the monument and 101 in favor.
California State Assemblymembers submitted a letter in opposition to
the monument, which was presented at the meeting by a representative
of Assemblymember and former Carson City Councilman Mike Gipson,
and co-signed by Assemblymembers Adrin Nazarian, Katcho Achadjian,
Scott Wilk and Mike Gatto.
The Turkish Consul General of Los Angeles Raife Gulru Gezer was one
of the six speaking in favor of the monument. Carson Mayor Jim Dear,
who initiated the monument proposal, in the end changed his vote.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/796531/american-tv-channels-record-disgraceful-failure-of-turkish-diplomacy.html
15:33, 5 March, 2015
YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. The leading American TV channels
displayed the disgraceful defeat of the Turkish diplomatic circles
in the City Council of City of Carson, which voted unanimously on
Wednesday to reject a measure to erect a monument to Kemal Ataturk
in the city, after lengthy debate during the regular city council
session. As reports "Armenpress", the prominent American ABC7 aired
a piece of reporting online dedicated to the issue.
The vote came after hours of heated debate Wednesday over the tribute
honoring Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was the first
president of Turkey.
"I want to celebrate my heritage. Ataturk is George Washington to
our country," Vega Sankur said.
Opponents said Ataturk was a vicious dictator responsible for the
Armenian Genocide.
"I highly doubt that if a city was entertaining a German cultural
monument, the German government would recommend a monument of Adolf
Hitler," Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian said.
"I'm here to vociferously oppose the donation, installation of the
statue to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk," Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanyan said.
Tempers flared when the Turkish Consul General addressed the city
council. Opponents standing turned their back on her as she spoke.
Carson is now looking for other sculptures to add to its garden.
Currently, the garden only has one piece of art.
As reports Armenpress citing Asbarez, more than 400 people opposing
the measure, led by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US
Central Committee, Armenian National Committee of America-Western
Region, the Armenian Youth Federation and the American Hellenic
Council flocked to the Carson City Hall, where a capacity crowd in
the council chamber spilled outside to protest the measure.
Speaking against the monument were Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanian,
Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian, Glendale City Clerk Ardashes "Ardy"
Kassakhian, Professor Levon Marashlian and the Vice Chairman of the
American Hellenic Council Aris Anagnos. Although there were only six
speakers permitted per side, there were 298 speaker cards submitted
in opposition to the monument and 101 in favor.
California State Assemblymembers submitted a letter in opposition to
the monument, which was presented at the meeting by a representative
of Assemblymember and former Carson City Councilman Mike Gipson,
and co-signed by Assemblymembers Adrin Nazarian, Katcho Achadjian,
Scott Wilk and Mike Gatto.
The Turkish Consul General of Los Angeles Raife Gulru Gezer was one
of the six speaking in favor of the monument. Carson Mayor Jim Dear,
who initiated the monument proposal, in the end changed his vote.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/796531/american-tv-channels-record-disgraceful-failure-of-turkish-diplomacy.html