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FT.com / World / Europe - Turkish academics grasp nettle on Armenians

Turkish academics grasp nettle on Armenians
By Vincent Boland
Published: September 23 2005 03:00 | Last updated: September 23 2005 03:00

There is no moresensitive issue in Turkey's 20thcentury history. The country's most celebrated writer faces jail for mentioning it. But this weekend Bosphorus University plans to go ahead with a conference, on the fate of Turkish Armenians at the end of the Ottoman empire, that has been delayed for months after a government minister accused the university of treason.

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