ARMENIAN COLLEGES OF ISTANBUL RECEIVE THREATENING LETTERS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 21 2007
ISTANBUL, MAY 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. During the last week
Armenian colleges of Istanbul received anonymous letters from the same
address, the authors of which demand that Armenians of Turkey protect
Turkey’s interests in case of pressures exerted upon the latter from
abroad. The letters read that this is the last warning and members of
Armenian community should be strictly punished if they do not protect
Turkey’s interests this time, either.
According to the Marmara newspaper of Istanbul, the Armenian Patriarch
of Constantinople informed media on May 16 that indeed such letters had
been received. The Patriarch reported that the security service has
already started investigation and he is sure that the criminals will
be disclosed soon. In his words, the public opinion should confidently
condemn these letters, which are undesirable not only for the Armenian
community, but also from point of view of country’s interests.