Author: Chakrian Hovsep

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Armenian version:
ARAM I WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNERAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
The Communication and Information Department of the Catholicosate
of Cilicia announced on April 5, that His Holiness Aram I will
personally participate in the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the name
of the worldwide Armenian communities under the jurisdiction of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia. Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer,
and the staff bearer Rev. Fr. Housig Mardirossian will accompany
His Holiness.
His Holiness, who is presently in Geneva, contacted Vatican officials
and offered his condolences for the death of the Pope.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the
Ecumenical activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer
to the web page of the Catholicosate, The
Cilician Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is
located in Antelias, Lebanon.

CALIFORNIA SENATE COMMITTEE RATIFIES CHUCK POOCHIGIAN’S PROPOSAL TO
DECLARE APRIL 24 PERMANENTLY AS MEMORIAL DAY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
SACRAMENTO, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Resolution No424, by which April 24
was proposed to be announced as the Armenian Genocide Memorial Day
on a permanent basis, was ratified by the Legislative Committee of
the Senat of California. Istambul “Marmara” daily, referring to Los
Angeles “Asbarez” daily, informed that the decision was certified
on March 30 wih 5 “for” votes, nobody voted “against”. The proposal
was presented by Chuck Poochigian, the State Senator of California
(Rep., Fresno district), on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide.

Azeri Speaker, CIS chief discuss Karabakh, elections
Space TV, Baku
6 Apr 05
[Presenter] The recent tension on the front line was the main subject
of discussion at a meeting between CIS Executive Secretary Vladimir
Rushaylo and Milli Maclis [Azerbaijani parliament] Speaker Murtuz
Alasgarov today.
[Correspondent over video of the meeting] Touching on the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict, the Milli Maclis speaker said that opinions are
being voiced about the [OSCE] Minsk Group bringing new settlement
proposals to Azerbaijan.
[Murtuz Alasgarov] There are reports that the Minsk Group members will
come up with new proposals soon. You cannot impose them on Azerbaijan
and Armenia when one side is an aggressor and the other is a victim
of aggression. The Minsk Group itself should take the initiative in
the peaceful settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict.
[Correspondent] The speaker also told Rushaylo about the latest
frequent cease-fire violations. Alasgarov said that the problem
should be solved within the framework of international legal norms
and Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Nagornyy Karabakh can be
granted only the highest degree of autonomy within Azerbaijan.
[Murtuz Alasgarov] Armenia should withdraw its troops from the occupied
territories. Nagornyy Karabakh can be granted the highest degree of
autonomy that our former national leader [Heydar Aliyev] spoke about
at the [1996] Lisbon summit – the highest degree of autonomy within
Azerbaijan. Refugees should return home. Azerbaijan believes that
this is the only way to resolve the Nagornyy Karabakh problem.
[Correspondent] In turn, Mr Rushaylo touched on the forthcoming
parliamentary elections and stressed that these elections will be an
important milestone in Azerbaijan’s future development.
The meeting continued behind closed doors.

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April 5, 2005
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CATHOLICOS KAREKIN II LEADING ARMENIAN CHURCH DELEGATION TO PAY FINAL
RESPECTS TO POPE
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians, will lead a four-person delegation from the Armenian Church
to the Friday’s funeral of His Holiness Pope John Paul II at the
Vatican.
His Beatitude Archbishop Mesrob Mutafian, Armenian Patriarch of
Constantinople, and Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese
of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), are part of the delegation,
as is Rev. Fr. Geghard Vahuni, Staff-Bearer to the Catholicos. The
Primate left New York City for Rome on Tuesday, April 5, 2005.
“The Pope was a great spiritual leader, and not just because he led such
a large and strong church,” the Primate said. “He was a spiritual
leader because he was a man of deep devotion and a man who showed the
world what it meant to be a Christian leader.”
The Primate last spoke with the Pope in Rome on January 28, 2005, during
a meeting in the Vatican just three days before the pontiff went into
the hospital. The Primate said he feels fortunate to have had several
opportunities to get to know and learn from the Pope. A memorable
moment came during the Pope’s visit to Armenia in 2001. One day during
that trip the Pope asked to have his breakfast outside, so he could
watch Mt. Ararat.
“When asked why he wanted to sit and look at Mt. Ararat, he simply said
‘I have been dreaming of coming to Armenia, to come and kiss the soil of
this ancient Christian country, soil that contains the blood of so many
martyrs. And I am grateful to God that God gave me the opportunity to
come to this historic and living Christian country,'” the Primate
recounted.
“He saw the strength of our church, the ancient tradition it upholds,
along with the strength of our people, who have maintained our faith
throughout the world for so many generations.”
The Primate asks all Armenians to keep the Pope’s soul in their prayers,
remembering not only his spiritual leadership but also his political
work in the fight against communism.
“Words alone will never express the importance the Pope played not just
for Catholics and even Christians, but for everyone around the globe who
believes in the value of freedom,” the Primate said. “We offer our
prayers for his eternal rest because he was truly a man dedicated to the
word of the Lord, and dedicated to acting upon those teachings.”
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

“Rosiyskaya Gazeta”, ICJU Holds “Russian World” Contest
YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. The editors of the “Rosiyskaya Gazeta”,
in cooperation with the International Confederation of Journalistic
Unions (ICJU), are holding the “Russian World” context of 2005 for
journalists of the CIS and Baltic countries. The RF Embassy in Armenia
reports that the goal of the contest in supporting the journalists who
provide an impartial and rich coverage of the post-Soviet countries’
relations with Russia, situation of compatriots in the CIS and Baltic
countries, problems of the Russian language and cultural contacts, as
well as the search for talented journalists in the CIS countries for
them to contribute to the “Rosiyskaya Gazeta” on the contractual basis.
Journalists of printed and electronic mass media of the CIS and Baltic
countries may take part in the contest. All the authors that e-mail
their materials to the organizing committee in conformity with the
terms are considered participants. Specifically, a journalist may offer
his best materials (up to 10,000 characters), which has been published
on the “Russian World” subject during the last 12 months, and during
March-May, 2005, he is to e-mail two reports or topical articles (up
to 5,000 characters). The jury will also consider press photographers’
works. The participants’ works will be displayed on the web-site of the
“Rosiyskaya Gazeta”. Topical articles will be selected to be published
in the newspaper. The deadline for materials is May 30, 2005.

Tufts Daily, MA
Published April 05, 2005
Gallery Review | Art that travels from the earth to the stars
Twelve artists display their thesis work at Tufts galleries
by Abbey Keith
Daily Editorial Board
In displaying the works of so many artists who live in the Boston area,
common themes are bound to be addressed. With each artist, however,
comes a unique story and perspective.
The artists in the latest installment of the ongoing thesis exhibition
series at the Tufts galleries take full advantage of their designated
space, and even exceed it: much of their artwork spreads from the
floor to the walls and ceiling, in a variety of mediums.
Lior Neiger originally came to the Museum School program from Israel
to paint. However, for the past two and a half years he has immersed
himself in a new language, and has found that his artwork has shifted
as well. Lior learned to “talk” computer, and began to explore themes
in technology and the metaphorical relationship it has with society.
Neiger presents paintings, video and photographs in what he has termed
“Constellation Art.” Works in each medium stand on their own, but
they have obvious connections in color, form and content.
His video, “Dead Pixels,” explores the disturbing connection between
technological viruses and real-life epidemics, with many other subtexts
at work. He takes the typical landscape desktop image and, over the
course of his video, morphs it into a rotating globe. The number of
AIDS victims over the past year appears over each continent, numbers
which Neiger must continually update. Text in html runs across the
screen with alerts like “virus suspected,” and continues on with the
more complacent “your monitor is working correctly.”
The display has a grace and balance that is hard to find in modern
artwork. Although it has a definite resonance and triggers thought
on social patterns and injustices, the exhibit does not overpower or
attempt to shock you.
Leah Bedrosian looks at the interplay between fiction and
reality. She has designed an artificially Armenian dating website
(Armeniandate.net), complete with photos and profiles of each
site member. Accompanying the cyber component of her work are
large photographs that display each member in their day-to-day
environment. There is, of course, a disparity between their profiles
and their images.
“I am working towards one day becoming President of the United
States. I work really hard and am a dedicated and motivated person,”
reads the description of one cyber member, Future President, an
“Armenian by association.” His photographed image is not of a man hard
at work, but instead, of a disheveled young blond man in a shirt and
loosened tie, drinking Carlo Rossi.
Bedrosian’s photographs are very large, and have an evident fictive
quality to them, as items are strategically placed to tell a story
and characters are often portrayed in a satirical light.
Juniper Perlis explores fantasy and reality in a different vein. She
joined the Masters program two and a half years ago with the knowledge
that her father had a house in Somerville. Although she hadn’t seen
him in 20 years, while studying at the Museum School Perlis became
obsessed with searching for him, and her art explores her emotions
about the search.
Her work is inspired by the outside of his two houses, the one in
Somerville and the one he lives at in Newfoundland, both of which she
visited many times without her father knowing. With the opening of
the exhibit approaching, she wrote to her father and invited him to
come see it, telling him what she’d been doing for the past few years.
“A part of it is my inability to distinguish between reality and
fantasy,” said Perlis of her work. Her voyeuristic approach seems to
have prolonged this confusion.
Another pseudo-spy is Gina Dawson, whose work, “Movie Star Homes,”
looks at the lure of celebrities and their personal estates. She has
stitched a map of Hollywood and the homes of the stars, her research
drawn from hours upon hours of television footage from their mansions.
Hilary Baldwin’s work consists of an array of many objects, some
real, some false. For example, a string of lights appears to hang
from the ceiling; in reality they are just decoration pieces used
by storefronts.
“Many of these objects are icons from city life. They show the reality
and falseness of the urban landscape,” said Baldwin.
Also showing their thesis work this month are Nicole Arendt, Yvonne
Boogaerts, Amy Finkelstein, Aimee LaPorte, Evelyn Rydz, Erin M. Sadler
and Tim Saltarelli.
Viewing the work of these 12 artists provides a rather comprehensive
look at themes that are being explored in modern art today. All artists
are part of the Joint Graduate Degree Program of Tufts University and
SMFA, Boston. The exhibit opens today, and the artists will be present
at the opening reception held on Thursday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

A1 Plus | 15:17:41 | 04-04-2005 | Social |
“A1+” IS DEMANDED ALSO IN SWEDEN
Citizens of not only Armenia joint the continuous action in defense
of A1+. The editorial office receives many e-mails from different
countries.
For example, Vahe Avetisyan living in Sweden writes in his latter, “The
members of the 3K web express their support to your complaint. We are
sure that free speech can be limited for a time only, and the limits
make it still more hearable. We wish you strength, courage and patience
and we do not doubt that justice will win and ignorance will lose.”

Cookbooks: Armenian favorites with a healthy dose of family, affection

01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, March 30, 2005
BY GAIL CIAMPA
Journal Food Editor
The Providence Journal
Ethnic cookbooks are worth their weight in gold because they are usually
treasure troves of family recipes.
Such is the case with Barbara Ghazarian and her Simply Armenian: Naturally
Healthy Ethnic Cooking Made Easy (Mayreni, $17.95).
Though only one-quarter Armenian by birth and raised in Connecticut, she
spent much of her childhood visiting grandparents and cousins who lived in a
tight-knit Armenian immigrant community in Whitinsville, Mass. But it was when she
married her husband, an Armenian man born in Syria, that she began to explore
the cuisine of their shared ancestry.
She learned to cook using the tastes preferred by her husband, those
traditional to his mother’s kitchen.
Ghazarian developed an affection and appreciation for the ingredients (bulgur
and lentils), food combinations (stuffing vegetables with rice) and common
practices (drenching pastry with thick sugar syrup).
She put all her recipes, glossary and memories into the book.
She will doing a tasting and book signing tonight at Delicacies, the
international food shop and catering business at 20 Rolfe Square, Cranston, beginning
at 7 p.m. For more information, call the shop at (401) 461-4774.
Here are some recipes from the book to try.
SHISH KEBAB
3 1/2-4 pounds leg of lamb, de-boned, trimmed of fat and gristle, and cut
into 1 1/2-inch cubes
THE MARINADE
2 onions, quartered
3 cloves of garlic, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic or red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
VEGETABLES
4 red onions, quartered
4 Italian peppers
24 cherry tomatoes
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Wooden skewers, soaked 1 hour in cold water, or metal skewers
Place the lamb cubes in a large mixing bowl or plastic container.
Combine the marinade ingredients, mixing well, and pour over the lamb; toss
to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours (overnight).
Light the grill. When the fire is medium-hot, place the onions and peppers
directly on the lightly oiled grill rack. Cook, turning frequently, until the
onions darken and the pepper skins blister. Remove from the heat to cool; peel,
remove seeds, and pull into strips. Serve the onions and peppers together on a
dish.
Skewer the tomatoes. Set aside.
Skewer the marinated lamb cubes and grill them directly on the lightly oiled
rack over a moderately hot fire, turning once, until crispy outside and medium
pink inside, about 8 minutes.
When the meat is almost done, place the tomato skewers on the grill and cook,
turning, until the tomato skins begin to split and the flesh wilts, about 4
minutes.
Transfer the grilled meat and tomatoes to a large mixing bowl. Toss to mix.
Serve on a large serving platter with pilaf, the roasted onions and peppers, a
tossed green salad, and pita bread alongside.
Serves 8.
This recipe was one of my grandmother’s specialties. By boiling a chicken
stuffed with rice in a pot and then putting it in the oven to bake, she preapred
a one-dish Sunday meal (minus the salad). If the “boil first, bake second”
cooking process sounds unusual, it is, but so are the resulting flavors. Try this
recipe on a day when you are entertaining guests, not only because it’s a
time- and labor-saving recipe, but also because serving pilaf from the cavity of
the bird is as fun as it is tasty.
BOILED-BAKED RICE-STUFFED CHICKEN
1 (4-pound) whole roasting chicken
THE STUFFING
1 cup long-grain rice
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 large bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint, or 1 teaspoon dried mint
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Needle and thread
1 jumbo-sized pot
Wash the inside and outside of the chicken under cold running water. Drain,
pat dry with paper towels, and set aside.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the stuffing ingredients.
Pack the cavity of the bird with stuffing. Once stuffed, thread a needle with
string and sew the vent of the bird closed. You don’t have to be careful or
neat. Even if your chicken ends up resembling Frankenstein, don’t despair, it
will taste great.
Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat in a jumbo-sized pot. Once
boiling, gently lower the stuffed chicken into the water. Reduce heat and
simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. The chicken will puff up like a blowfish as the
pilaf stuffing cooks.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Remove the boiled chicken from the pot and place it, breast side up, in a
roasting pan. Cool the cooking liquid to room temperature. (Retain the broth in
the refrigerator or the freezer for a chicken-broth-based soup another time.)
Bake the chicken, uncovered, in a baking pan set on the middle rack of the
oven for about 1 hour.
Remove to a serving platter. Allow the bird to cool for at least 5 minutes
before carving. Cut the vent string open with scissors and serve the stuffing
directly from the cavity of the bird with a large serving spoon.
Complement the poultry and pilaf with dark-leafed tossed greens dressed with
a zesty balsamic vinaigrette and enjoy a mini holiday feast.
Serves 6 to 8.
Armenian cracker bread is the most basic bread in the Armenian kitchen.
Growing up, we called it “Bubble Bread,” because these thin, round, brittle
loaves sprinkled with sesame seeds are polka-dotted with golden-brown bubbles
that are fun to crack with your thumb.
For years we bought loaves at the Middle Eastern store, and if the store was
out we went without. But since I figured out how easy it is to make, my family
has never been without Bubble Bread. My daughter and I often bake this bread
as a rainy-day-afternoon project because it’s as much fun to make as it is to
eat.
ARMENIAN CRACKER BREAD
THE DOUGH
1 1/3 cups warm water (about 105 degrees)
1/4 cup olive oil, plus additional oil to grease bowl
3 tablespoons sugar
1 package ( 1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
2 teaspoons salt
4 cups white bread flour, plus additional for rolling
THE TOPPING
1/2 cup whole milk
Sesame seeds
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Tabletop mixer with batter blade and dough hook (optional but recommended)
Heavy rolling pin
Put the water, olive oil, sugar and yeast in the bowl of a tabletop electric
mixer. Using the batter blade, let the mixer blend these well, about 5 minutes
on low speed. Stir in the salt. (If making by hand, blend with a wooden
spoon.)
Gradually add 2 cups of flour and beat on low speed until a thick, smooth
dough forms. Change the blade to a dough hook and knead in the next 2 cups of
flour. Continue kneading with the dough hook for 10 minutes. (By hand, mix the
dough in a large mixing bowl and then knead it on a floured work surface for 20
minutes until smooth and elastic.)
Place the dough in a large bowl generously coated with olive oil, turning
once to cover with oil. Cover loosely with a clean kitchen cloth and set in a
warm place until the dough doubles in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and punch down. Divide into 8
equal pieces. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
On a well-floured work surface, roll out each piece of dough into a 12-inch-d
iameter circle. Arrange the rounds on ungreased baking sheets. Brush with
milk, sprinkle sesame seeds over the top, and brush again to secure the seeds.
With a fork, prick each round many times, all over. Pricking makes the
bubbles appear. (If you forget this step, the loaf will puff up like a balloon.)
Bake in the middle of the oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned
on top.
This Armenian dietary cornerstone can be eaten as a cracker topped with
honey, peanut butter, jelly, tomatoes or cucumbers. Or, when moistened with water,
it becomes soft and pliable enough to roll up sandwich goodies inside like a
wrap.
Makes 8 rounds.
In 1915, my husband’s grandmother survived the death march from her home
village of Palu in central Ottoman Turkey, across the desert to Aleppo, Syria,
where she began her life again. She refused to talk about the past. Instead, she
found an almond tree in the park that bloomed pink every spring like one she
had been forced to leave behind. Every year after her survival until the time
of her death, she broke her Lenten fast with these buttery cookies made with
almonds from that tree. This recipe is her legacy of hope and redemption.
ALMOND COOKIES
1/2 cup coarsely chopped almonds
2 tablespoons butter, plus 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 large egg, beaten, set aside 1/4 for top glaze
3 cups white all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a small skillet over medium heat, saute the almonds in the 2 tablespoons
butter until golden; stir frequently to prevent burning. Drain the nuts on a
paper towel and set aside to cool.
Pour the 1/2 pound melted butter in a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar,
water, almond extract and 3/4 beaten egg, mixing between each addition.
Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda into the batter. Mix well, then
add the toasted almonds.
Roll the batter into walnut-sized balls. Place the balls on an ungreased
cookie sheet and press each down gently with a fork. Brush the tops with reserved
egg.
Bake in the middle of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cookies are
golden and cracking slightly on top.
Remove cookies from the oven and cool on the sheet for 1 to 2 minutes before
removing to a wire rack.
Serve anytime. These light, nutty treats store well in an airtight container.
Makes 4 dozen.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

L’Express
28 mars 2005
Plus victime que moi…;
L’oeil du psy – Jacques Sédat
par: Sédat Jacques
Après les peuples et les races élus, va-t-on instaurer des classes de
victimes supérieures à d’autres?
Les dérapages verbaux de Dieudonné, que je m’abstiendrai de citer,
relèvent d’un antisémitisme avéré. Mais, au-delà de l’opposition
entre mémoire coloniale et mémoire juive, on peut analyser ce
phénomène comme l’émergence d’une hiérarchie des victimes, voire
d’une concurrence entre elles.
Ce phénomène, cependant, n’est pas nouveau. Ainsi, déjà à la
Libération, s’instaurait culturellement une forme de communautarisme
des victimes fondé sur une échelle des valeurs. Comme Simone Veil le
rappelait récemment, à leur sortie des camps nazis, les internés
politiques étaient accueillis de façon différente des autres, juifs,
tsiganes, homosexuels, républicains espagnols. Quant aux Noirs,
célébrés par Serge Bilé (Noirs dans les camps nazis, le Serpent à
plumes), ils sont aujourd’hui l’objet d’une polémique. Des historiens
sérieux affirment qu’ils n’ont pas été déportés en tant que Noirs.
Faut-il rappeler que le siècle que nous venons de quitter a constitué
une effroyable fabrique de victimes? Pourtant, la guerre de
1914-1918, la plus meurtrière de l’Histoire, a été largement dépassée
ensuite par les idéologies fasciste, nazie et communiste. Et ce, au
nom de la race élue, de la nation élue, du peuple élu. Certains
génocides n’intéressaient personne: le génocide arménien, le génocide
khmer, les génocides interraciaux en Afrique. Pour qu’on les prenne
en considération, il est capital que les survivants et les
descendants puissent en parler. Les millions de paysans chinois
décimés sous le maoïsme en tant que contre-révolutionnaires n’ont
longtemps inspiré ni pitié ni indignation aux maoïstes français.
Pensons à ces bien-pensants qui choisissaient leurs pauvres, les bons
pauvres, si bien décrits par Mauriac dans La Pharisienne. Nous
n’avons pas fait beaucoup de progrès depuis, sur ce plan-là. Le
nouvel antisémitisme de Dieudonné nous pose une question nouvelle: y
aurait-il un héritage victimaire qui donnerait des droits spéciaux?
Après les peuples et les races élus, va-t-on instaurer des classes de
victimes élues, supérieures à d’autres? Ce serait une triste façon de
tirer les conséquences des leçons de l’Histoire que de reconduire, à
travers l’émergence des communautarismes, l’exaltation d’une race ou
d’une religion comme repérage identificatoire unique et absolutisé.
Comme si la citoyenneté ne suffisait pas à nous situer dans une
commune humanité.

Dünya Gazetesi, Turkey
March 25 2005
McCarthy: There was no Armenian cenocide
25/03/2005 12:12:54
Addressing the Parliament yesterday, visiting Professor Justin McCarthy
from the University of Louisville said that there had been no genocide
against the Armenians, adding that genocide claims were being used
as a political weapon by certain circles.
“Although these circles have political power, historical facts prove
Turkey’s case,” he said, warning further that the European Union was
trying to make recognition of the so-called genocide a precondition for
Turkey’s EU membership. Later, McCarthy addressed a conference entitled
“The Reality of the so-called Armenian Genocide.” Foreign Minister
Abdullah Gul, opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz
Baykal, and Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc were all in attendance.
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