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    Turkish Police tried to arrest Armenian MP Gegham Manukyan

    ArmRadio.am
    04.11.2006 13:34

    Turkish Police tried yesterday to arrest RA National Assembly Deputy
    Gegham Manukyan, when the latter spoke about the Armenian Genocide
    during an international forum in Istanbul.

    During the Newsxchange conference Turkish Prime Minister Rejeb Tayyib
    Erdogan reconfirmed the position of Ankara that there was no Armenian
    Genocide.

    Member f the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Gegham Manukyan
    emphasized the fact that member of the Turkish Parliament Grigor
    Zohrap was caught and murdered. He noted also the Istanbul is the city
    where on April 24, 1915 the Genocide started with mass detention of
    Armenian intellectuals. Gegham Manukyan called on the Turkish society
    to start investigating "the dark pages of own history and acknowledge
    the fact of the Genocide." "Recognition will allow the two states
    to take the path of peaceful coexistence," said the Deputy. Gegham
    Manukyan raised a poster reading, "Turkey must have the courage to
    recognize the Armenian Genocide."

    Following the speech, the Police surrounded Gegham Manukyan, trying
    to take him out of the conference hall and arrest. However, the
    journalists did not allow this.

    Organizers of the forum declared they would join the Armenian
    parliamentarian in case he is arrested.
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