Turkey pulls plug on ‘traitorous’ genocide debate

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Series Details 9.6.05
Publication Date 09/06/2005
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Bosphorus University has postponed a conference of Turkish historians which was to discuss the fate of Ottoman Empire Armenians in 1915 and 1916. The decision has caused an uproar in Turkey and dismayed diplomats in Ankara who are concerned the postponement of the conference damages the country's prospects of joining the European Union.

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