AZG Armenian Daily #123, 30/06/2007
Crisis in Turkey
"REPUBLIC OF TURKEY GO TO HELL!!!!"
"Republic of Turkey Go to Hell!!!" this slogan was sounded during the
funeral of PKK members in Hakkyari region of Turkey that borders with
Iran and Iraq on June 27. On June 28 the slogan appeared on some of
the sites, while the governor’s office of Hakkyari denied the
information by a special official press release. "Milliet" informed
about this on its site, yesterday. According to "Milliet," the
Hakkyari governor stated in the press release "on June 28, some of the
sites spread information about "Republic of Turkey Go to Hell!!!"
slogan was sounded in our region during the funeral of a member of a
terrorist separatist union. The aforementioned funeral took place on
June 27 at 11 o’clock. The relevant law enforcement bodies followed
the funeral with great attention. After viewing the video record of
the funeral, we found out that none sounded such a slogan during the
funeral."
It’s worth mentioning that the majority of Hakkyari residents are
Kurds and there are also many Alavians living there. On March 4, Hasan
Kyoni, Professor of Political Sciences at the Ankara University,
stated in the article entitled "The Armenian Cause and the
International Position of Turkey" that the Alavians are Muslim
Armenians.
By Hakob Chakrian