Dutch Turks Urge to Boycott Political Parties Recognizing Armenian GenocideNovember 1, 2006 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Forum lobbyist organization launched a campaign in Holland since yesterday, urging ethnic Turks to boycott political parties, which recognize the Armenian Genocide. The campaign launched three weeks before the parliamentary election, scheduled November 22, is a response of Dutch Turks to two leading parties of the country - the Christian Democratic and Labor - who expelled ethnic Turk candidates, who denied the Armenian Genocide, from their election lists. The lobbyist organization has disseminated posters, urging grassroots to vote for candidates of small centrist D-66 party, which does not recognize the Armenian Genocide in its official stand, reports RFE/RL.![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |