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GOKCEK QUESTIONS ORIGINS OF GERMAN-TURKISH POLITICIAN OVER 'GENOCIDE' REMARKS
Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 18 2015
March 18, 2015, Wednesday/ 16:14:56/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek on Tuesday asked if the leader of Germany's
Greens, German-Turkish politician Cem Ozdemir, is Armenian due to
Ozdemir's remarks calling on Turkey to recognize as genocide the
killings of Armenians during the last years of the Ottoman Empire.
"I am asking the deputy of German Greens Party just out of curiosity...
Please answer, Cem Ozdemir... Are you of Armenian origin?" Gokcek
asked in remarks posted on Twitter.
Gokcek then shared a two-minute video about the countries that accuse
Turkey of committing genocide and said "Those who blame us for genocide
should accept these genocides first."
The video, apparently a part of a documentary aired on state-run TRT,
lists the countries' previous acts that, the video said, amounted
to genocide.
In his recent remarks during an interview with the Armenian Service of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ozdemir said Ankara should normalize
bilateral relations with Yerevan and open the closed border with its
easterly neighbor ahead of the upcoming centennial commemoration
of the 1915 events and that Turkey "will eventually recognize the
[1915 events as] genocide."
Gokcek also accused Germany on Wednesday of practicing double
standards. He shared an online news portal website link that reports
Germany describing as chaos the anti-austerity protests ahead of the
inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank's new headquarters
in Frankfurt. The news portal also claims that Germany supported
nationwide Gezi Park protests in Turkey in the summer of 2013 by using
the common slogan during the Gezi Park protests, "Do not surrender."
Gokcek, known for his controversial remarks, claimed in January that
Israeli intelligence Mossad is behind the deadly Paris attacks that
took place on Jan. 7 and Jan. 9.
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Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 18 2015
March 18, 2015, Wednesday/ 16:14:56/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek on Tuesday asked if the leader of Germany's
Greens, German-Turkish politician Cem Ozdemir, is Armenian due to
Ozdemir's remarks calling on Turkey to recognize as genocide the
killings of Armenians during the last years of the Ottoman Empire.
"I am asking the deputy of German Greens Party just out of curiosity...
Please answer, Cem Ozdemir... Are you of Armenian origin?" Gokcek
asked in remarks posted on Twitter.
Gokcek then shared a two-minute video about the countries that accuse
Turkey of committing genocide and said "Those who blame us for genocide
should accept these genocides first."
The video, apparently a part of a documentary aired on state-run TRT,
lists the countries' previous acts that, the video said, amounted
to genocide.
In his recent remarks during an interview with the Armenian Service of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ozdemir said Ankara should normalize
bilateral relations with Yerevan and open the closed border with its
easterly neighbor ahead of the upcoming centennial commemoration
of the 1915 events and that Turkey "will eventually recognize the
[1915 events as] genocide."
Gokcek also accused Germany on Wednesday of practicing double
standards. He shared an online news portal website link that reports
Germany describing as chaos the anti-austerity protests ahead of the
inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank's new headquarters
in Frankfurt. The news portal also claims that Germany supported
nationwide Gezi Park protests in Turkey in the summer of 2013 by using
the common slogan during the Gezi Park protests, "Do not surrender."
Gokcek, known for his controversial remarks, claimed in January that
Israeli intelligence Mossad is behind the deadly Paris attacks that
took place on Jan. 7 and Jan. 9.
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_gokcek-questions-origins-of-german-turkish-politician-over-genocide-remarks_375621.html