MONUMENT SYMBOLIZING FRANCE’S EVIL-DOINGS ERECTED IN ISKENDERUN
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 02 2007
ISKENDERUN, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The authorities
of the city of Iskenderun erected a monument that symbolizes the
evil-doings committed against Turkey by France in the past – in protest
of the French parliament’s decision to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
According to "Marmara", the mayor of Iskenderun Mete Aslan opened the
monument. In his speech he noted that the problems between the Turks
and Armenians should be solved by the states representing the two
peoples and expressed his resentment, saying that France shouldn’t
interfere in this issue and erect an Armenian monument in France.
It is noteworthy that deputy state minister of Azerbaijan Valied
Hajbey participated the monument opening ceremony.