October 26, 2005 - 14:14 AMT
Turks of Edinburgh Initiated Symposium on Armenian Genocide
"Tragedy of Ottoman Turks and Armenians in 1915 during World War I" symposium initiated by the "Federation of struggle against ungrounded statements of Armenians" and the Association of Turkish Unions of UK started in Edinburgh, Scotland October 24. Former Turkish Ambassador to Great Britain Gunduz Oktan and lector of Koc Istanbul University Norman Stone addressed the meeting. The Edinburgh city council agreed on the organization of the symposium by the Association of Turkish Union of UK for expressing opinion on the events of 1915.