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    THE GUARDIAN: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE STILL REMAINS TABOO IN TURKEY

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    30.04.2009 20:49 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ It is still dangerous to hold public discussions
    on Armenian Genocide in Turkey, British Guardian newspapers writes in
    an article entitled "Tackling the Turkish Taboo". Referring to Orham
    Pamouk, Elif Shafak and Hrant Dink, Robert Ellis Guardian analyst
    notes that Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code is still in effect.

    "Nevertheless, Turkish society shows positive signs. Turkish
    intellectuals' Internet campaign and refusal to file criminal case
    due to insufficient evidence is already a sign of progress," the
    analyst writes.

    Ellis also finds that President Obama was met with criticism from
    both sides, while trying to maneuver between a rock and a hard place.

    The article ends with the following quotation from Turkish historian
    Taner Akcam, "Turkey needs to stop treating the discussion of history
    as a category of crime"

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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