TURKISH PARTY LEADER GOES TO SWITZERLAND FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TRIAL
Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
March 4 2007
ISTANBUL (A.A) -04.03.2007 -Workers Party(IP) Chairman Dogu Perincek
went to Zurich to attend the trial of the lawsuit filed against
him for the remarks he had uttered rejecting the Armenian genocide
allegations in Switzerland.
Speaking to the press at the Ataturk International airport before
leaving for Zurich, Perincek reminded they were being tried for
having said that the Armenian genocide was an international lie and
said their programme in Zurich was between March 6th and 9th.
Stating that they were being tried for telling the truth, Perincek
said, "this is an ‘inquisition trial’ ". They have resurrected the
"’Middle Age’ in Europe. They are on a witch hunt. We are going to
subvert the law punishing the denial of the Armenian genocide lies."
"We have violated the law for the past three years, and the end for
this law is near. Swiss Minister of Justice Blocher has been stating
for six months that the law would be subverted. A commission was
founded in Switzerland to do this," said Perincek.
Perincek indicated that they were getting the fruits of "the right
attitude and a firm stance."
Stating that they were taking along 90 kg of documents in Russian and
Armenian, Perincek said they would submit these documents to the court.
Perincek said these documents were taken from Russian Archives
and included reports and other documents written by Armenian prime
ministers, commanders, historians and statesmen between 1918 and 1950.
Perincek noted that when the authorities read these documents,
Turkey’s righteous claims would prove to be true and said, "in these
documents, Armenian prime ministers and commanders say ‘we have been a
fool for imperialism and a consequently took up arms. Turkey defended
its country. Carried out the fight for a righteous cause. We have to
bear the consequences."
Perincek said a group of 164 people including academicians, retired
generals, unions’ officials and representatives of the NGOs were
travelling to Lausanne in the leadership of the first President
of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Rauf Denktas tomorrow to
support him.