Turkish MP Raises Xenophobia Issue Based On Example Of Armenians In

TURKISH MP RAISES XENOPHOBIA ISSUE BASED ON EXAMPLE OF ARMENIANS IN TURKEY

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March 28, 2012 | 17:51

ANKARA. – Turkish parliamentary opposition Republican People’s Party
MP Aykan Erdemir raised the issue of notes in the passports of citizens
of Turkey regarding the religion, Firat agency reports.

The MP brought an example of xenophobia towards Cevdet Sinet, an
Armenian by origin. Social Service employees refused to register him
as a person with disabilities as he is Christian. The Armenian failed
to win the case in all instances of the Turkish courts and appealed
to the European Court of Human Rights.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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“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