AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES DEPORT TURKISH CITIZEN OF ARMENIAN DESCENT
Armenpress
Dec 26 2006
BAKU, DECEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani authorities denied an
entrance visa to a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin who arrived
in Baku together with a famous Turkish musical group, led by Sertab
Ereneri.
The Armenian, Burak Petikian, a pianist of the group, was forced
aboard the same Turkish airplane that brought him to Azerbaijani
capital and flew back to Istanbul.
Petikian was quoted by the Turkish daily Hurriyet as saying that
the incident at Baku airport was ‘an overt display of racism, a move
that humiliated also Turkey ‘ Petikian sent a letter of complaint to
Turkish foreign ministry.