Monday, July 25, 2005

swissinfo- Turkey rejects Swiss genocide-denial inquiry

"Turkey rejects Swiss genocide-denial inquiry

Turkey's foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, has criticised Switzerland for briefly detaining a Turkish politician on suspicion of violating Swiss anti-racism laws.

Doğu Perincek, who is leader of Turkey’s Workers’ Party, has twice denied that the killings of Armenians around the time of the First World War amounted to genocide. He is the subject of two criminal investigations."

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