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    Catholicos of All Armenians Announced Persona Non Grata in Turkey

    30.06.2006 16:13 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ An investigation has been launched by the Istanbul
    Chief Public Prosecution Office into the world leader of the Armenian
    Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, following claims that he
    'denigrated Turkishness' in remarks made during his recent visit to
    Istanbul.

    A complaint was lodged at the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecution Office
    by both Recep Akkus and the strongly-nationalist Turkish Lawyers
    Union. The Istanbul Prosecution Office has opened an investigation
    into the matter.

    Catholicos Garegin II stated last Sunday evening at a press conference
    at the Turkish Armenian Patriarchate in the Kumkapi quarter in
    Istanbul that Turkey must recognize the killings of 1.5 million of
    Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire as Genocide,
    reported Cihan news agency.

    Zaman Turkish newspaper writes that 200,000 Armenians died during
    forced migrations due to cold weather and bad transportation
    conditions.

    To note, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II arrived in Istanbul on
    Tuesday of last week as the guest of Turkey's Armenian Patriarchate
    Mesrob II and the Fener Greek Orthodox Partriarchate Bartholomeos.
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