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Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora members hold counter-demonstration against Armenian demonstrators outside Turkish Embassy in Washington â€“ PHOTOSESSION

25 April 2008 08:47 (UTC +04:00)

The event was successful in terms of participant turnout, organization, logistics, and enthusiasm shown by community members. For the first time, thanks to preliminary measures taken by Turks, Armenian demonstrators, under the police watch, were pushed away from the Turkish Embassy-side of the Massachusetts avenue. For the first time, they had to choose the other side of the avenue thereby staying farther from the embassy. Turkish community formed a chain around the embassy by making it very difficult for Armenians to make their signs visible to the embassy. Occasionally, Turks turned their backs against them and showing their solidarity with the embassy.
The representatives of both communities demonstrated signs reflecting Armeniansâ€™ savageries in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 and Khojaly. â€œOut of Karabakhâ€ and â€œOut of Azerbaijanâ€ were the most chanted slogans.
Armenian demonstrators had to leave ahead of schedule. Their departure was accompanied by Turkish national anthem and Sari Gelin sang by Turks.
After the event was over, Turkish Ambassador Nebi Shensoy and his staff members came to personally greet and thank the demonstrators for their support. The ambassador, who expressed his satisfaction, asked the community members to continue their efforts in the future in order to adequately respond to Armenian lies.