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Ankara Prosecutorâ€™s Office launches criminal case on Armenian apology campaign

09 January 2009 12:24 (UTC +04:00)

A group of citizens appealed to Prosecutorâ€™s Office and asked to launch a criminal case under Article 301 (humiliation of Turkish people) of Criminal Code.
Written statement made by them covers establishment of Armenian apology campaign on developments occurred in 1915 by a group of intellectuals.
â€œThese insincere intellectuals paid no attention on savagery committed by Armenian Armed Forces, which served for imperialist invaders, against hundred thousand Turkish people. They accused Turkish people of committing genocide against Armenians without any proof. â€œAccusation of Turks in genocide is humiliation of Turkish nation ,â€ said in a statement .
The Prosecutorâ€™s Office has launched a criminal case under Article 301 taking the appeal into account. Ankara Prosecutorâ€™s Office will call organizers of the campaign to give testimony and will investigate the website created by them.