TURKEY’S EDUCATION MINISTRY BANNED SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY "SARI GELIN – TRUE OF THE ARMENIAN PROBLEM" IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
APA
Feb 25 2009
Azerbaijan
Ankara -APA. Turkish education ministry banned the screening of
documentary "Sari Gelin – true of the Armenian problem" about the
false "Armenian genocide" in the secondary schools. The decision was
made after the protests of Armenians living in Turkey and number of
non-governmental organizations, APA reports. The ministry said the
documentary was sent to the school not as the direct, but supportive
training aid. "The minister of education found out that use of
material stepped over the bounds of goal and banned spread of DVDs
in the schools".
Armenian community of Turkey asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
to ban the screening of the documentary film. "If you see important
usefulness of this film for Turkish children, please ban its screening
in the Armenian schools to protect the Armenian children from the
feelings of oppression, isolation and guiltiness. Please to free
the Armenian children educating in the public schools from watching
this film".
The project of "Sari Gelin – true of the Armenian problem" started in
1999 and lasted for 4 years. The film was shot in Turkey, Azerbaijan
(Baku, Kalbajar), Armenia (Iravan, Gumru), Georgia, Russia, USA,
Germany, Austria, Australia, France, Britain, Italia, Hungary, Lebanon
and Syria. Turkish, Azerbaijani, Georgia. Russian, US, British, German,
Austrian, Italian, French, Lebanese and Syrian archives were used in
the film. The documentary, which is showing how the Armenian armed
formations attacked and burned the Turkish villages in 1915, tortured
and killed the people. The film was shown on TRT in 2003-2004. Turkish
Coordination Council against the groundless genocide claims decided
on March 15, 2007 to send DVDs to the Ministry of Education. The
ministry received 56 388 DVDs on December 17, 2007 and spread the
DVDs among the schools in summer of 2008.