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    Pan Armenian News

    TURKISH GOVERNMENT FORCED TO CANCEL CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN
    ISTANBUL


    25.05.2005 03:33

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Under pressure from the Turkish government, organizers of
    an unprecedented Armenian Genocide conference are being forced to cancel the
    event set to open in Istanbul May 25, the Armenian Assembly of America
    reported. The conference, entitled `Ottoman Armenians during the Decline of
    the Empire: Issues of Scientific Responsibility and Democracy,' was due to
    be held at Bogazici University. According to Agence France-Presse, Turkish
    Justice Minister Cemil Cicek today accused Conference organizers of
    committing treason, saying, `We must put an end to this cycle of treason and
    insult, of spreading propaganda against the [Turkish] nation by people who
    belong to it.' The Armenian Assembly is monitoring this official assault on
    academic freedom and will report any developments as they happen.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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