GUESTS FROM ARMENIA TO BE GIVEN FLOWERS AND TO BE SERVED DURING ARMENIA-TURKEY FOOTBALL MATCH IN KESARIA

NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY
JULY 15, 2009
ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL, JULY 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenia-Turkey
football match to be held in October is being prepared in Kesaria. On
this occasion 70 thousand pinks are envisaged to decorate the sports
ground.

The Marmara daily reports referring to the Turkish Sabah daily that
besides the 70 thousand pinks, the families of Kesaria are going to
receive and serve the Armenian team fans, who will arrive in Kesaria
to watch the competition. A Hospitality Club will be also opened.

The football match will take place at a newly built, modern Kadir
Has sports ground. The chairman of Florists Union Erengul said that
the sports ground will be decorated like a bride, each woman fan of
Armenian team will be given a rose and the men will be given a pink
or any other flower. "We should express our love and open-mindedness
with flowers," Erengul said. And the football players and those
accompanying will be given bouquets.

It is mentioned that the goal of these events is the rapprochement
of Armenians and Turks.