October 20, 2006 - 19:41 AMT
Armenian Genocide: Turkish University to Send Millions Appeals to European Court
In protest against the adoption of resolutions on the Armenian Genocide by parliaments of different states of the world, the Bahçesehir University has prepared a million of appeals to be sent to the European Court of Human Rights. According to university rector Suleyh Batum, "struggle should be led in political field for a while yet". "Unfortunately, political influence of other states is felt in Turkey. That is why Turkey has to step on the juridical platform. Our state has a strong instrument - the European Treaty and the Court of Human Rights. The aspiration to prevent Turkey from expressing reaction on historical and not grounded as genocide events is a limitation of human rights. We have prepared 1 million of application forms for the European Court of Human Rights over the decisions taken by the parliaments of Argentina, Russia, Switzerland and other states. We will garner signatures of people throughout the globe and send them to the European Court of Human Rights," Batum said, reports Azeri Press.