‘STOP ARMENIANS LIES’ RALLY HELD IN NEW YORK
Turkish Press
April 24 2007
Over the weekend New York’s famous Time Square became a platform
for both Turks and Armenians, of course at different times, to
express them over the "genocide" issue. On Saturday, the Turkish
American Associations Federation (TAAF) organized the third annual
"Stop Armenian Lies!" demonstration. As April 24th, the Memorial
Day for the 1915 events for Armenians approaches many Turks feel
very uncomfortable with the fact that there is still a resolution
pending in the US House of Representatives to accept those events
as genocide. On Sunday, it was the Armenians who gathered in Times
Square to remember their lost ones with the hope that this year
the genocide resolution could pass. In related news, Ankara expected
support for its call to establish ‘a joint history commission’ from US
President George W. Bush, who will release a message today to mark the
Armenian’s Memorial Day. Furthermore, Turkey’s Embassy in Washington
put full-page adverts in the US’ leading dailies expressing Turkish
view on the issue and calling on Armenians to face with their history
by examining archives together with Turkish historians.