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Saturday, October 21, 2006

Austrian Turkish Candidate Stigmatized for 'Genocide' Denial

"Austrian Turkish Candidate Stigmatized for 'Genocide' Denial
By Cihan News Agency
Saturday, October 21, 2006
zaman.com

A Turkish-origin candidate for a seat in the Austrian parliament has been threatened since he denied the so-called Armenian genocide in a statement in a paper in Vienna.

Mustafa Iscel, candidate for Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the general elections held on Oct. 1, said that he had been threatened by Armenian lobbies in Austria and Germany after he told Austrian daily Die Presse that no Armenian genocide existed."

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