ARMENIAN-FRENCH PROTESTER THROWS PAINT ON TURKISH AMBASSADOR

BGN News, Turkey
March 2 2015

A French citizen of Armenian descent threw paint on Turkey’s ambassador
to Paris at a conference on Monday.

Turkish Ambassador Hakkı Akil was the target of a one-man protest
on Monday when a French citizen of Armenian descent threw paint on
him at a conference.

Akil was speaking at the “Laicism in Turkey and France” conference
at Paris’ Descartes University Law School when an unidentified person
approached his podium and heaved paint at him.

Detained by the audience and security, it was determined that the
protester was not a student. The ambassador resumed the rest of his
speech after the incident and left the conference.

Answering reporters’ questions afterwards, Akil pointed out similar
attacks had taken place at tourism offices in Paris and Marseilles. He
added that “it wouldn’t be surprising” if such attacks increased as
the centennial of the 1915 events approached.

March 2, 2015 | BGNNews.com | Ä°stanbul