ANKARA PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OFFICE LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO ARMENIA APOLOGY CAMPAIGN

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.01.2009 13:46 GMT+04:00

The Office of the Ankara Public Prosecutor launched an investigation
into online public apology for the Armenian Genocide.

Six prosecutors submitted a petition calling for a penalty for the
initiators of the apology campaign for "insulting the Turkish nation
openly" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), Hurriyet
daily reports.

Over 27 thousand Turkish intellectuals, authors, journalists,
scientists and musicians have already signed the petition which reads,
"My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to and the
denial of the Great Calamity that befell the Ottoman Armenians in
1915. I reject this injustice and for my share, I empathize with the
feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers. I apologize to them."