GREECE PRESSES CHARGES OVER BURNING OF TURKISH FLAG
Today’s Zaman, Turkey
May 25 2007
A prosecutor in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki has pressed
charges against unidentified persons who burned a Turkish flag during
a Greek-Armenian demonstration in front of Turkey’s consulate in the
city last month.
The perpetrators are to be brought to justice under the charge of
insulting the symbol of another state after they are identified via
photographs and video shot during the demonstration, a local justice
source said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on April 24 during a demonstration to mark
the 92nd anniversary of an alleged genocide of Anatolian Armenians
under the Ottoman Empire era during the World War I.
Turkish consular officials complained to Greece over the flag burning.