Berlin-Brandenburg Court Barred to Call Armenian Genocide "A Lie"March 20, 2006 - 13:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The court of Berlin-Brandenburg Bundesland, Germany has decided that Turks, who stage rallies, have no right to use posters and transparencies denying the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. From now on it is prohibited to call "a lie" the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in the territory. It should be noted that on that very day Turks were going to hold a demonstration in Berlin to commemorate Talaat Pasha, however, because of the resolution adopted, police thoroughly checked all the posters and transparencies in order to register facts of the Genocide denial. Berlin-Brandenburg is the first in Germany and the second in Europe region in the number of Turks. Over 1 million Turks live only in Berlin. So, as the Armenian Turkologists note, Germany, the main Turkey's ally in the EU, has confirmed its position on the resolution adopted by the Bundestag, which can bring about a chain reaction everywhere in the EU, reported IA Regnum.Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |