PanArmenian News Network
July 27 2005

TURKISH LAWYER CAN BE SENTENCED FOR 3-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR STATEMENT
ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

27.07.2005 03:34

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Member of the Academy of Lawyers of Ankara Meteni
Aigan can be sentenced to three-year imprisonment. The fact is that
when addressing the Academy Council he stated that the Ottoman Empire
was eliminating Armenians. He is accused of stirring up hatred and
hostility. The legal proceeding were launched due to the suit brought
by the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.