Turkish Press: Turkey decries burial of Armenian terrorist’s remains

Emil Lazarian 2019
Anadolu Agency, Turkey
May 7 2019
 
 
Turkey decries burial of Armenian terrorist's remains
 
Remains of Armenian terrorist, who martyred Turkish officials in Los Angeles in 1973, buried with ceremony
 
Sena Güler   | 06.05.2019

Turkey on Monday condemned the burial of remains of an Armenian terrorist — who martyred Turkish officials in Los Angeles in 1973 — in the Armenian capital Yerevan. 

“We condemn in the strongest terms the burial of the remains located in Los Angeles of the Armenian terrorist Gurgen Yanikiyan, who martyred Mehmet Baydar, Consul General, and Bahadır Demir, Consul, in Los Angeles on 27 January 1973, to the Military Cemetery in Yerevan with a ceremony on 5 May 2019,” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“This action, which attempts to glorify a brutal terrorist as a hero, constitutes a crime of promoting terrorism and it is unacceptable under any circumstance,” it added.

It also commemorated with respect all the officials who fell martyrs while serving for their country.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS