Foreign Ministry refutes Aznavour Turkish prize, interview report

PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Ministry refuted media reports suggesting the world-renowned French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour received the Turkish Golden Plane prize.

As Posta daily reported earlier, Turkey’s ambassador to Paris Hakki Akil handed the prize to Aznavour on behalf of the residents of Izmit, where the ceremony is usually held.

“If my Izmit-born mother saw her fellow citizens award me the prize, she would surely have been happy,” Aznavour was quoted as saying.

Posta also suggested that producer Erkan Ozerman interviewed Aznavour, with the singer making a number of pro-Turkish statements. The daily allegedly citied Aznavour as saying that he doesn’t take orders from Yerevan despite his post as an Armenian envoy to Switzerland. The singer allegedly accepted ambassador Akil’s invitation to perform a concert in Turkey.