December 17, 2008 - 14:58 AMT
Der Standard: apology campaign exceeds expectation
The outcome of the public apology for the Armenian Genocide has exceeded expectation, reports Der Standard, an Austrian national daily newspaper.

"Some 2000 thousand people joined the campaign within initial 2 hours. The figure exceeded 8 thousand by the end of the day. This proves that majority of Turkish intellectuals disagree with the state policy on the issue," the article says.

Initiators of an anti-campaign that kicked off in Tuesday accuse Turkish scholars of treason.