Cyprus Press and Information Office: Occupied Northern Cyprus
Sept 20 2005

Campain to scare foreigners dealing with the Armenian genocide issue

Ankara Anatolia news agency (19.09.05) reported the following from
Istanbul:
A denouncement has been filed against several Armenian scholars who
organized a conference on the so-called Armenian genocide and used
Ataturk’s picture on a poster at the University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA).

The denouncement was filed at the Uskudar Republican Prosecutor’s
Office and had the signatures of Dr. Ibrahim Oztek, Dr. Zihni Papakci
and owner of Iktidar Magazine Metin Hacimustafaoglu.

A conference on the so-called Armenian genocide was organized at UCLA
which was attended by Armenian scholars Vahram Shemmassian, Ardashes
Kassakhian and Levon Marashlian last April. The conference posters
had Ataturk’s picture in front of puppies. [Bad REFERENCE tag…is to
an Armenian diaspora poster which reportedly doctored an old picture,
replacing Ataturk’s two pet dogs lying at his feet with two Armenian
children starved to death in 1915].

Dr. Oztek stressed that Turks and the founder of Turkey Ataturk were
insulted by the posters and conference organized at UCLA. ”We will
sue those responsible for the insult against the Turks,” noted
Oztek.

On the issue of the Armenian genocide Ankara Anatolia (19.09.05)
reported the following from Ankara:

Turkish Labor Party (IP) deputy leader Mehmet Bedri Gultekin has
indicated today that his party has launched a campaign titled ”Do
Not Purchase Swiss Goods” that will be effective until the Swiss
Parliament revokes a decision it adopted earlier on the so-called
Armenian genocide.

Members of the IP convened in capital Ankara’s main square Kizilay
and carried banners and shouted slogans encouraging Turks not to
purchase Swiss-made goods due to the decision of the Swiss parliament
vis-a-vis the so-called genocide of Armenians.

Gultekin pointed out that IP leader Dogu Perincek was called by the
Lausanne Prosecutor’s Office. Perincek was warned by the Swiss police
officers before he gave a speech on the so-called Armenian genocide.

”The acts of the Swiss police have hurt the democratic image of
Switzerland.

Despite the warnings, Perincek delivered his speech,” said Gultekin.

Gultekin said Perincek will be questioned tomorrow by the Lausanne
Prosecutor.