  Turkish historian on Azeri “lynching campaign” against writer Aylisli February 14, 2013 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has launched a lynching campaign against writer Akram Aylisli, a Turkish historian said. According to Taner Akcam, the author’s life is in danger over nationalist threat. “Dictator Aliyev’s regime is taking every effort to suppress protests, with Aylisli among his main targets.” As the historian further noted, famous Turkish writers and human rights protectors spoke in Aylisli’s defence, among them: Ragıp Zarakolu, Ahmet Kardam, Aydın Engin, Baskın Oran, Cengiz Alğan, Ufuk Uras, Zeynep Tanbay. Akcam further accused Aliyev dynasty for 1990s’ Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan. “Akcam’s “Stone Dreams” tells the truth about the events which occurred both long ago and in the recent past,” Sesonline quoted the historian as saying. Partner news  Top stories Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to award Ararat Avanesyan and Arthur Gasparyan with “For the Liberation of Shushi” medal. 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU.   Partner news |  Latest news Russia to scrap world’s largest nuke subs by 2018  Six Typhoon-class submarines entered service with the Soviet Navy in the 1980s, and remain the largest submarines ever built.Syrian, Hezbollah forces fighting rebels in key town of Qusair At least 31 fighters from the Hezbollah group, a staunch ally of President Assad, have been killed in the struggle for the town of Qusair.Deputy FM slams Azeri attempts to distort reality behind Karabakh conflict Shavarsh Kocharyan: Baku’s statements on unacceptability of a status quo in Karabakh conflict aim to prevent alteration of the status.Armenia’s Consumers Association slams gas price hike Head of Armenia’s Consumers Association NGO addressed a letter to Human Rights Defender over gas price rise. |
