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    US daily editors, Turkish PM discuss unpublished advert on Armenian issue

    NTV television, Istanbul
    11 Jun 05

    [Announcer] It has emerged that New York Times [NYT] [daily] refused
    to publish an advertisement by 36 Turkish nongovernmental
    organizations [NGOs] which reject the allegations regarding the
    Armenian genocide.

    The NYT advertisement section wrote a letter to the said Turkish NGOs,
    stating: We believe that the Armenian genocide took place. Therefore
    we do not find it right to publish your advertisement.

    At a meeting with the editorial council of the NYT, Prime Minister
    Erdogan expressed his displeasure regarding this issue.

    On the last day of his contacts in the United States, Erdogan held a
    meeting with the NYT editorial council. At the meeting, the NYT
    officials criticized the cancellation of the planned Armenian
    conference that was to be held at Bogazici University. Prime Minister
    Erdogan said that Justice Minister Cemil Cicek's remarks on the issue
    were his personal views and that there was no legal barrier to hold
    the conference.

    At this point, Erdogan raised the issue of the NYT's refusal to
    publish the advertisement last April, and criticized the paper for the
    decision. Erdogan pointed out that by showing its goodwill Turkey has
    opened its archives. Anyone can come and learn the truth from these
    official archives, he said.

    Given this situation, Erdogan went on, the fact that the NYT refused
    to publish the Turkish NGOs advertisement by claiming that it believed
    in the Armenian genocide showed that it had had certain ulterior
    motives.

    Akif Beki, the prime minister's spokesman, related how the NYT editors
    responded to the prime minister's remarks:

    [Beki] They merely listened. Then they said that they would study the
    said advertisement as well as the refusal by the head of the
    advertisement section, and that they would inform us of the results of
    their evaluation.
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