TURKEY’S GUL DEEMS SHAMEFUL THE DISMISSAL OF JOURNALIST THAT WROTE BOOK ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

April 03, 2013 | 12:14

Turkish President Abdullah Gul considered as shameful the firing of
prominent journalist Hasan Cemal from Milliyet daily.

Gul said he always appreciates the writers that freely express their
thoughts, Aksam daily of Turkey informs.

“What was done against Hasan Cemal was a great shame,” the president
of Turkey stated.

To note, Hasan Cemal, who is the grandson of Cemal Pasha-one of
the architects behind the Armenian Genocide-, is among those unique
Turkish journalists that recognize the Armenian Genocide. Cemal had
visited Armenian capital city Yerevan’s Genocide Memorial in 2008
and apologized to the Armenians for the genocide.

In 2012, Hasan Cemal published his book entitled “1915: Armenian
Genocide,” which he dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink, the founder
and chief editor of Istanbul’s Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, who
was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress