Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
Friday
Two of Erdogan's supporters plead guilty for attack on peaceful
protesters in Washington D.C.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. The two arrested Turks, supporters
of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who attacked peaceful
protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence in Washington
D.C., pleaded guilty, Voice of America reports.
The two Turkish-American men, Sinan Narin, 45 of McLean, Virginia, and
Eyup Yildirim, 50, of Manchester, New Jerseypleaded guiltyto the
charges of assault.
The prosecutor demanded one year and one day imprisonment for them.
They are two of 19 people federal prosecutors have accused of criminal
conduct after Erdogan’s May 16 visit to the White House.
The demonstration, which began at Lafayette Square at noon, was
organized by a coalition of organizations, including the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) and the American Hellenic
Council. Several different groups, which included representatives from
the Armenian, Greek, Kurdish, and Assyrian communities, participated
in the protest, while President Erdogan met with U.S. President Donald
Trump at the White House.
