I-Newswire.com (press release)
Sept 23 2005
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Genocide conference to be attacked

Turkish nationalists are going to attack participants of the Armenian
Genocide conference; first Genocide conference in Turkey not
organized by the Turkish government.

(I-Newswire) – On 23 September, 2005, Turkish nationalists are going
to attack participants of the Armenian Genocide conference; first
Genocide conference in Turkey not organized by the Turkish
government.

As the Turkish media report, members of Turkish Retired Officers
Association are going to attack the Conference on Armenian Genocide
organized by Turkish academicians who do not share Turkish
government’s denialist approach against the Armenian massacres. A
Turkish news website, , has
posted the `plan of attack,’ which informs that protesters are to
gather at 7:45pm in the Uskudar district, take the ferryboat over to
Dolmabahce Palace and Taksim Square, and proceed to Bosporus
University in Istanbul.

In the meanwhile, other Turkish news agencies, such as
, have published various anti-Armenian
articles on 22 September 2005, just a day before the Conference
starts.

The Conference, organized by the Bosporus University and attended by
Turkish academicians and scholars throughout the world, was postponed
early this year due to threats from Turkish nationalists and
officials.

The Armenian Genocide was organized and carried out by the Turkish
government during 1915 and 1923. The Genocide resulted in the
complete annihilation of western Armenians in their historic
motherland. Turkish government and its agents spend millions of
dollars each year to deny the Armenian Genocide. Recognition of this
Genocide in Turkey is a legalized crime.

Genocide.com regrets the plan of this sinister attack and hopes that
the academicians won’t be harmed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress