MORE THAN 10.000 SIGNATURES UNDER THE INITIATIVE "I APOLOGIZE"

AZG Armenian Daily
19/12/2008

Armenian Genocide: "The viewpoints are expressed freely in Turkey",
Turkish President Abdullah Gul announced touching upon the Turkish
intellectuals’ initiative under heading "I apologize" and the
counteraction of the discharged diplomats.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan severely criticized the
intellectuals’ campaign to apologize to the Armenians. He announced
that Turkey did not commit an offence to apologize, Turkish news
agencies reported.

To recall, Turkish intellectuals Basqn Oran, Ahmed Insel, Jengiz
Aktar and Ali Bayramoghlu initiated a movement under heading "I
apologize". In the framework of the movement, signature collection
is organized in Internet, and according to the received data, the
signatures exceed 10.000.