ARMENIAN PATIENT GETS FIVE-YEAR RESIDENCE PERMIT

Hurriyet Daily News
April 27 2010
Turkey

Arthur Manukyan, 22, and his mother Hasmik, 45, were granted residence
permits and have applied for citizenship, daily Milliyet reported
Tuesday.

At the request of CHP İzmir deputy Canan Arıtman, the Prime Minister
Recep Tayypip Erdogan consented to giving a residence permit to Arthur
Manukyan, who suffers from "moya moya" sickness and is currently
being treated at the CerrahpaÅ~_a Medical School Hospital.

Hasmik Manukyan said they wanted to be an example for Armenia and
Turkey, Anatolian news agency reported Tuesday, adding that she hoped
both countries could live like sisters and brothers.

"I wish they would open the borders so people can visit each another.

Bad things happened in the past, I wish they had never happened."

Hasmik Manukyan also said she was deeply aggrieved by the flag burnings
on Armenian Remembrance Day.

Arthur Manukyan’s visa expired during his stay in the hospital.

Armenian Patriarch Aram AteÅ~_yan appealed to the authorities on
learning of Arthur’s medical condition, in which there is a blockage
of veins in his brain because his blood does not coagulate properly.