"Turkey, EU rap court stopping Armenia conference
23 Sep 2005 15:10:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds conference to be held Saturday)
By Jon Hemming
ISTANBUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - An Istanbul court's decision to block a conference on the World War One massacre of Armenians has embarrassed Turkey at a sensitive moment and angered EU states just 10 days before the planned start of EU entry talks.
But conference organisers moved on Friday to circumvent the ruling, which banned it from two universities. A spokeswoman for a third Istanbul university said they would host the event."
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