Union of Middle East Studies US-based academic organization has sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan protesting against the postponement of the conference on the Armenian issue, organized by Bosphorus Istanbul University, for an unknown period of time. As reported by NTV Turkish company, the letter signed by 2600 scholars of the Union expresses concern over the Turkish Government's attitude to the discussion of the Armenian Genocide issue. The authors of the letter urged the Prime Minister of Turkey - a Council of Europe member state - to contribute for the conference over the Armenian issue to be held as soon as possible.