“ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TURKEY” CONFERENCE AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

AZG Armenian Daily #203, 04/11/2008

“Azg” daily has already informed that on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dersim Genocide the European Parliament is organizing “Dersim 38 conference” November 13, according to Turkish newspapers “Zaman” and “Vatan”. Turkish version of “Euro news” also touched upon the conference on abhaber.com website.

We cleared up that the European Parliament is going to hold another conference on November 13 under heading “Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey”. The information has been avoided by the Turkish press.

According to abhaber.com, EC member Michael Lei, well-known Turkish lawyer, author of the book “My grandmother” Fethien Cetin, historian, publicist Osman Keocker, French-Armenian Prof. Patrick Tonapetian, Director of London “Komitas” Institute Ara Sarafian, also German-Armenian historian Vahe Taschian will participate in the conference. It’s surprising that no Armenian specialist in cultural heritage is invited to the conference.

By Hakob Chaqrian, translated by L.H.