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    SYDOW: ROJ-TV WON'T BROADCAST IN SWEDEN

    New Anatolian, Turkey
    May 10 2006

    Swedish Parliament Speaker Bjorn Von Sydow assured his Turkish
    counterpart Bulent Arinc yesterday that his country won't allow
    broadcasts by pro-terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Roj-TV.

    Sydow's remarks came in response to reports that a private cable TV
    company had decided to broadcast Danish-based Roj-TV.

    "I learned about the matter during a meeting with Arinc," explained
    Sydow. "We're investigating the case. But Roj-TV will definitely
    not broadcast within Swedish borders," CNN-Turk TV reported Sydow
    as saying.

    Press reports have indicated that Sweden has allowed the channel to
    broadcast although it recently closed down a website belonging to
    Chechen separatists following a complaint from Russia.

    Turkey and Denmark are at odds over the Danish governments' inability
    to close Roj-TV, which broadcasts programs encouraging, supporting
    and directing the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Although
    Turkey has stepped-up pressure on Denmark to close down the channel,
    Denmark insists on rejecting the Turkish requests and says that it
    needs more evidence to shut it down.

    Touching on the Armenian genocide claims, Sydow reportedly stated that
    they have left the issue for evaluation by scholars. He said that his
    Parliament is among those which haven't recognized the controversial
    incidents as "genocide."

    During his speech to the Swedish Parliament, Arinc also stressed
    that Turkey will never recognize the Armenian genocide claims since,
    according to history, such an event never happened. He reiterated
    previous Turkish calls to open both Turkish and Armenian archives to
    study the events.

    Arinc: Turks' religion never been obstacle to Western integration

    Arinc stated that the religious beliefs of Turkish citizens has never
    been an obstacle to secular Turkey being an indispensable part of
    Europe or to its membership in Western-oriented organizations.

    "Nobody questioned Turkish people's religious beliefs when it joined
    NATO in 1952 or when it was supported independence in Europe after
    the Cold War," Arinc added.

    Lashing out at the EU's double standards on Turkey's accession
    process, Arinc said, "Despite negative developments, we believe that
    EU membership will be beneficial for Turkey. We don't want privileges,
    but we don't want double standards either."
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