EU CRITICIZES TURKEY FOR REFUSING TO HOST CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE

YEREVAN, MAY 27. ARMINFO. The European Union has criticized the
refusal of the Turkish authorities to hold in the Istanbul first
conference on the Armenian Genocide by professor-historians of 3 three
universities.

German media report a EU high ranking diplomat as calling this an
authoritarian step actualizing the necessity of reforms in Turkey. The
Turkish government should reconsider its decision as it will hardly
facilitate Turkey’s admission into the EU.

To remind, the May 25 conference by Bosfor, Bilgi and Sabanci
universities was cancelled with Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek
charging the organizers with high treason.