"Turkish Armenians Condemn American Priest
By Zaman
Published: Saturday 16, 2005
zaman.com
The Turkish Armenian Patriachate has condemned Washington Armenian Orthodox Church Representative Father Vertanes Kalayjian, for his insult to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in a meeting last week in the US.
The Patriarchate issued a written statement and Press Spokespersin Luiz Bakar said regarding the subject that they are stunned by Kalayjian's remark about Ataturk, 'Kemal was also a butcher.' A clergyman who utters these words cannot be the member of the Turkish Armenian congregation and the person has no link with the Patriarchate or the Church scolded Bakar. He concluded that these kinds of remarks does nothelp for Turkish-Armenian dialogue. "
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