February 15, 2006 - 19:33 AMT
Talaat Pasha Action to Be Held in Berlin to Disaffirm Bundestag Resolution on Armenian Genocide
Within the framework of a movement called Big Program 2006 sponsored by a number of Turkish figures, including Dogu Perincek, Vural Savas and former President of unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Rauf Denktash, Talaat Pasha Action is planned in Berlin March 18. Messages and slogans disseminated on the occasion caused Germans' indignation, who reported it via their Ambassador to Turkey, reported the Vatan Istanbul newspaper. According to the source, a sentence in the text of the invitations outraged Germans: «If they do not want western capitals to be in fire, as Paris was lately, let them stop ungrounded and impudent attitude towards Turkey.» When addressing the MFA on the occasion German Ambassador in Ankara Wolf Ruthart Born regretted over that wording. The threatening nature of those statements is unacceptable for German authorities, he said. «The approach does not promote Turkey-Germany relations,» he remarked. The action aims at making the German Parliament cancel the Armenian Genocide Resolution adopted earlier. The action is expected to start in Berlin with a large rally. Action Consultation Council Chair Rauf Denktash laid a wreath to the place, where Soghomon Teyleryan killed Talaat Pasha. Talaat Pasha conference will be held in Berlin March 19. Its organizers state they will show Turkey's power to the West through that action and Europe should stop its unfair attitude towards Turkey. The newspaper writes some one thousand people are selected in Turkey to be sent to Berlin to take part in the rally.