ANKARA: Erdogan warns the New York Times

Emil Lazarian News

Erdogan warns the New York Times

Hurriyetim
13.06.2005

During his US visit, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held
a meeting with the executive editors on the board of the New York
Times (NYT) over the rejection of reports prepared on the so-called
Armenian genocide. Erdogan met with the executive editors to ask them
why they had rejected the publication of a declaration prepared by 36
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) against the Armenian genocide
allegations and at the same time criticized the paper for its
“paradoxical and erroneous” justifications.

Apparently the editors couldn’t answer the Turkish PM’s questions
and responded by saying that they would reply at a later date.

While at the NYT Erdogan also commented on Syria emphasizing that
Turkey does not support repressive regimes and said, “If Damascus
continues to shelter terrorists, it will remain isolated in the world.”

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS