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Washington University workshop shows map of â€œHistoric Armeniaâ€ covering territories of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq

26 January 2010 12:13 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. George Washington University Law School held a workshop â€œTurkish-Armenian protocols: realities and mythsâ€ in Washington DC. A map behind the speakersâ€™ rostrum caused a scandal during the workshop, APA reports quoting Turkish newspaper â€œVatanâ€. It was a map of â€œHistoric Armeniaâ€, the Armenian schizophrenic myth, which covered the territories of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq. Turkish ambassador to the United States expressed protest and said the map was contrary to the workshop subject. He emphasized the workshop didnâ€™t invite any expert that could express Turkeyâ€™s position and violated the principle of neutrality. The Turkish diplomat said 1915 events were discussed from the Armenian point of view despite that Armenian rejected Turkeyâ€™s official proposals to establish joint commission for investigation of Armenian claims and to open archives.

One of the workshop speakers, professor of the George Washington Law School Sean Murphy acknowledged that he took the map from Google and expressed regrets. â€œIf only we didnâ€™t to place this map. I ask pardon for thatâ€. Murphy also responded to remarks that the Turkish side was not invited to the workshop and said every desirous person could join this event.