CONFERENCE ON HISTORY OF NATIONAL MINORITIES IN TURKEY HELD IN PARIS

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.11.2006 16:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The history of Kurdish, Pontus Greek, Chaldean and
Armenian minorities in Turkey was discussed in a conference held in
the Parisian suburb of Versailles. The conference was held as part of
the Year of Armenia in France and attended by Pontus Greek historian
Vassia Karkayannis-Karabelias, head of the Kurdish Institute of Paris
Kendal Nezan, Secretary-General of the International Federation of
Human Rights Raffi Kalfayan and President of the Chaldean Association
of France Naman Adlun.

The French Chaldean community asserts Chaldeans were exterminated by
Turkey and built a Chaldean genocide monument in Paris last year. The
monument aroused surprise among Turkish diplomats in Paris, who have
good relations with Chaldeans. Representatives from the Chaldean
community were invited to this year’s Republic Holiday reception at
the Turkish embassy in Paris as usual despite the genocide monument,
reports zaman.com.