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TURKISH COURT BANS SALE OF ARMENIAN BRANDY

ANKARA, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS: An intellectual property court in Ankara,
Turkey, has turned down a petition by the Yerevan Brandy Company against the
Turkish Patent Institute that had banned the import of Armenian brandy to
the country.
According to Turkish press, the court based its decision on the fact that
bottles of Armenian brandy carry labels depicting Mount Ararat. They quoted
the judge as saying that the picture of the mountain “could create wrong
opinion among Turkish consumers as if Mountain Ararat is in Armenia.”
Another cited reason was a same-name film by Canadian Armenian film
director Atom Yegoyan, which is about the 1915 genocide.
Turkish media said Turkish Patent Institute is well aware that Armenians
have claims to Mount Ararat and surrounding areas.