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    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    Jan 2 2009



    2009's first protest in front of Israeli Embassy

    A number of members of Alperen Ocakları, the youth branch of the
    Grand Unity Party (BBP), gathered at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara a
    few minutes before the new year. Having prayed for Palestinians killed
    by the Israeli attacks, the group then shouted slogans condemning
    Israel. Alperen Ocakları Ankara branch head Resul Gökhan Koruç said
    they condemn Israel and support the Palestinians.

    A group of 15 people in southern Antalya province welcomed 2009 by
    swimming in the sea and protesting Israeli actions in Gaza as well as
    those supporting an apology campaign initiated by a group of Turkish
    intellectuals who criticized the indifference and injustice to the
    sufferings of Armenians that took place in Ottoman territories in
    1915. The group called on the intellectuals who apologized to the
    Armenians to allow history to be judged by historians and to not
    meddle. The spokesperson of the group, attorney Mehmet Ali
    Yıldırım, said: "There cannot be an apology for an uncommitted
    crime. We condemn those initiating this campaign." The group also held
    banners reading "Murderer Israel" and "No war."
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