Turkish Education Ministry launches probe into book that insults Armenians
armradio.am
10.03.2012 14:47
Turkish Education Minister Ömer Dinçer has said the Ministry has
launched a probe against a controversial book distributed by the
education directorate among high schools in Istanbul’s Kartal
district, which include slurs and insults against Armenians, as well
as some Turkish writers and journalists, the Hurriyet Daily News
reports.
“Yes, the book obviously contains racist slurs. I have issued
instructions to halt the distribution of the book and to investigate
those people responsible for their distribution,” Minister Dinçer said
on March 9.
Dinçer added that he also felt annoyed after reading the book and
agreed that it contained racist comments.
Penned by Yunus Zeyrek, the book entitled “Bu dosyayý kaldýrýyorum:
Ermeni Meselesi” (“Closing this file: the Armenian Issue”) defines
Armenians as “dishonorable and treacherous” and vilifies novelists
such as Nobel Prize Laureate Orhan Pamuk and writer Elif Þafak.
History and literature teachers distributed the books to students of
their own volition after receiving them, according to reports.
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