ARMENIA PRESENTED AS PART OF TURKEY IN MANUALS FOR ISTANBUL SCHOOL CHILDREN
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June 04, 2012 | 14:22
The school children of Istanbul were handed over multi media manuals
with maps where Armenia, several regions of Iraq, Bulgaria, Cyprus
and Georgia were presented as a part of Turkey.
The CD with a map was created based on national educational program
launched by the Ministry of Education, Milliyet newspaper reports.
The Ministry said that it “was shocked” and apologized for this
mistake claiming they had no idea where it had been created. They
said former head of Istanbul’s department on education Ata Ozer is
responsible for the mistake.
First Deputy of Georgian MFA Nikoloz Vashakidze said Georgia is
studying the reports, Gruziya Online reports.
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