TURKISH ORGANIZATIONS REACT TO US TV CHANNEL PROGRAM ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Armradio.am
01.03.2010 15:42

Two Turkish organizations reacted on Sunday to a US TV channel for
broadcasting a program on the Armenian Genocide.

The Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) and the
Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) sent a letter to
executives of the US CBS TV channel to show their reaction to the
biased broadcasting of the channel.

Also, Turks living in the United States have launched a campaign to
protest the TV channel by letters, fax and e-mail messages.

"We are sorry to see that a program that will lobby for the Armenians
has been broadcast on a TV channel in a period when Turkey and Armenia
are trying to ease their diplomatic relations with mutual protocols,"
FTAA’s President Can Kaplan said, Today’s Zaman reports.

ATAA’s President Ali Cinar said they would continue their campaign
against the CBS until the TV channel apologized.

One of the worlds most respected and watched current affairs program,
60 Minutes (CBS TV Network), aired a segment on the Armenian Genocide.

Bob Simon and Peter Balakian traveled all the way to Deir Elzor to
shed light on the untold stories of the victims of the first Genocide
of the 20th century.

The channel said "whatever Auschwitz meant for the Jews, Deir ez-Zor
meant the same for the Armenians."