DOGU PERINCEK NOT PERMITTED TO SPEAK LONG

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 07 2007

LAUSANNE, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The first sitting
of trial against head of Turkish Workers Party Dogu Perincek that
started on March 6 in Lausanne passed in strained atmosphere. An
accusation of denying the Armenian Genocide has been brought to
Perincek. According to the Marmara newspaper of Istanbul, Perincek
who had taken with him documents weighing 90 kg for introducing them
to the court had no opportunity to speak about them long.

Moreover, the judge warned the latter that if he continues giving a
lecture, he will deprive him of the right of speaking at all. After
the court sitting Perincek said that they asked him so many questions
about Talaat Pasha that ha had to ask the judge whether they try him
or Talaat Pasha there. 160 members of Talaat Pasha organization who
had left for Lausanne to follow the process of trial and to support
Perincek and a number of journalists were not permitted to enter
the court hall. Former President of North Cyprus Rauf Denktash and
protector of official Turkish viewpoint, historian Justin McCarthy
were also deprived of such an opportunity. Therefore, the Turks having
left for Lausanne limited themselves to holding a rally in the square
dedicated to Perincek’s defence. The trial is to finish until March 9.