THE CHAIRMAN OF YOK (HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL) TEZIC RETURNS HIS MEDAL

Sabah, Turkey
Oct 17 2006

The chairman of YOK (Higher Education Council), Tezic, returned his
merit medal to France in order to protest the Armenian bill.

Erdoðan Tezic wrote, in a letter enclosed with the returned medal:
"Although the Armenian bill has not yet become a law, I can not bear
this medal as this issue has become governmental policy of France."

The chairman of YOK (Higher Education Council) Tezic returns his medal

The chairman of YOK (Higher Education Council) Prof. Dr. Erdoðan Tezic
returned his Commandeur merit medal, which was given with the approval
of the president Jacques Chirac to France. Tezic sent back the medal
with a letter saying: "even though the bill which renders the denial of
Armenian genocide a crime has not yet been made a law, I can not bear
this medal as this issue has become French government’s policy." With
this decision of Tezic, the Commendaur de la Legion d’Honneur,
France’s highest ranking medal was returned for the first time.

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