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TURKISH GOVERNMENT FORCED TO CANCEL CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN
ISTANBUL

25.05.2005 03:33

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Under pressure from the Turkish government, organizers of
an unprecedented Armenian Genocide conference are being forced to cancel the
event set to open in Istanbul May 25, the Armenian Assembly of America
reported. The conference, entitled `Ottoman Armenians during the Decline of
the Empire: Issues of Scientific Responsibility and Democracy,’ was due to
be held at Bogazici University. According to Agence France-Presse, Turkish
Justice Minister Cemil Cicek today accused Conference organizers of
committing treason, saying, `We must put an end to this cycle of treason and
insult, of spreading propaganda against the [Turkish] nation by people who
belong to it.’ The Armenian Assembly is monitoring this official assault on
academic freedom and will report any developments as they happen.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress