Politics:

Turks are gathering signatures, while Armenians are silent

A campaign against the signatories is started by Azerbaijan, which has been intensively counteracting Turkey in the latter's attempt to normalize relations with Armenia on its way into the EU.

December 18, 2008
In the afternoon of December 18 the number of collected signatures under the petition "Armenians, we apologize" reached 13315. The fact itself was quite predictable and there are more than enough reasons for it. No matter how hard Official Ankara tries to assure that Turkey is a country of freedom of speech and expression, blocking of YouTube and other websites proves the contrary. The strange point is that the Turkish authorities waited 2 days after which Prime-Minister Erdogan finally voiced his «disapproval» of the initiative.
 
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