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  • ANKARA: Turkey main opp CHP deputy protests Poland genocide decision

    The New Anatolian
    April 30 2005

    Turkey's main opposition party,CHP deputy protests Poland's
    'genocide' decision
    The New Anatolian / Ankara

    Halil Unlutepe, Afyonkarahisar deputy of the Republican People's
    Party (CHP), yesterday resigned from the Turkish-Polish
    Interparliamentary Friendship Group as a protest against the Polish
    Parliament's recent decision to recognize the so-called Armenian
    genocide.
    Unlutepe issued a written statement on the Polish Parliament's
    decision last week labelling events which occurred between Turks and
    Armenians in World War I as the `Armenian genocide.' Continued the
    statement: "The Polish Parliament declined our suggestion to wait for
    the investigation of Turkish state archives and to wait for an
    official conclusion. Instead, it hastily accepted allegations based
    on on groundless and distorted documents."

    "Although we have frankly expressed our goodwill to Poland, and the
    intention of clarifying the events around the so-called genocide, the
    acceptance of such a cruel decision can't be reconciled with the aim
    of the friendship group," Unlutepe stressed.

    The Polish Parliament's decision has clouded efforts to strengthen
    friendly ties between the Turkish and Polish parliaments, Unlutepe
    concluded.
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