OPPOSITION LEAVES TURKISH PARLIAMENT AS PROTEST
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Oct 21 2009
Azerbaijan
During the speech by the MP from the ruling Justice and Development
Party of Turkey Omer Chelik, MPs from the opposition left the meeting
hall of Parliament as protest, TRT 3 television channel reported.
On Oct. 21, the Turkish Parliament began discussions over the
Armenian-Turkish protocol.
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the protocols Ankara-Yerevan in Zurich on October 10.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due
to Armenia’s claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been broken since 1993.
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