Textbook Incorporates Bulgaria, Armenia into Turkey

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October 1, 2009, Thursday

Armenia, West Thrace (part of Bulgaria), North Iraq (Mosul, Kirkuk),
Greek part of South Cyprus, the part of Georgia, including Batumi and
Nakhchivan found themselves included in Turkey. Photo by Ekolay
Armenia, and regions of Bulgaria are considered part of Turkey in new
Turkish textbooks.

The news came from the Turkish Ekolay website which also posted the map.

A CD with major errors is added to manuals of Istanbul schools. In
particular, Armenia, Eastern Thrace (part of Bulgaria), Western Thrace
(part of Greece), Iraqi Kurdistan (Mosul, Kirkuk), the Greek part of
South Cyprus, part of Georgia, including Batumi turned out to be
incorporated into Turkey.

The textbooks include other mistakes as well. For instance, Turkish
national holiday ‘ Victory Day was not even mentioned, the Armenian
news agency, news.com, reported.

The books were handed during the solemn ceremony. The head of
Educational department of Istanbul expressed regrets on the matter that
such errors had occurred.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress