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    Armenian scandal at UN

    Hurriyet, Turkey
    April 1 2006

    A general sense of trouble was felt at the so-called "Genocide forum"
    held at the United Nations, following Turkish Professor Turkkaya's
    disagreement with allegations by Armenians who had organized the
    event. Turkkaya Ataov's defense against the allegations caused the
    unsettled behaviour. While the UN was staging an "Armenian show",
    a New York Times journalists attempted to prevent Prof. Ataov from
    talking causing a scandal at the forum.

    Armenians in the US attempted to take the notion of "genocide" to the
    UN by organising the forum entitled, "Genocide: Then and Now. Lessons
    Learnt in the 21st Century". Political Affairs Assistant to UN General
    Secretary Kofi Annan, Ibrahim Gambari's name was also mentioned at the
    forum co-organised by Armenian, Rwandan Ambassadors and the Armenian
    General Benevolent Union.

    However, on discovering that Turkey was targeted at the forum, Gambari
    stated that his name was placed on the list of speakers by mistake,
    and declined from making a speech.

    Director of Genocide Research at the Zoryan Institute, Prof. Vahak
    Dadrian, put forward that the Armenian massacre had begun with the
    death of 200,000 Armenians during the reign of Abdulhmit. Dadrian also
    claimed that militant Islamists systematically massacred Armenians
    living in Anatolia, between 1918 and 1920.

    Turkkaya Ataov, a Turkish Historian also attending the forum,
    took the floor and asked, "You say that you are referring to secret
    reports from German sources stating that Ottoman rulers gave orders
    for genocide. You claim that the documents have been seen. Who has
    seen these documents and where are they?" causing a stir.

    The forum Chairman, New York Times journalist, Andrea Kannapell
    attempted to stop Turkkaya Ataov from speaking. Ataov responded to this
    by saying, "You are taking sides. Dadrian gave a 40-minute speech,
    but you do not want someone of the opposite opinion to speak", then
    went on to describe the important place Armenians held in Ottoman
    society, holding government positions amongst many others.

    Following Kannapell's second attempt to quiet Ataov, a group of
    Armenians in the room began to scold him.

    Directing his words at the Rwandan Ambassador, Ataov complained, "This
    forum is just for show." Turkkaya Ataov declared that the purpose of
    the forum was to take this "supposed genocide" to a global platform.
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