April 18, 2002 - 23:36 AMT
TURKISH COMMUNITY OF AMERICA DISPLEASED WITH CALIFORNIAN LEGISLATORS' DECISION TO INCLUDE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM
The other day in Sacramento USA Turkish cultural society held a press conference regarding the decision of the legislators to include the subject of the Armenian genocide in the schools curriculum. The representative of the organization Karakhan Mete called the decision of the legislators "immoral step" and a result of "cheap policy". "Armenians try to mislead American children. We do not have to let several ethnic groups spread their social problems here", stated he. The questions of the representatives of the Armenian National Committee of America, addressed to Mete threw him into complete confusion. The representatives of the Armenian community addressed with an answer speech that was much more convincing. "Attempts of the denial of the fact of the Armenian genocide always have to be stopped this way", stated the member of the administration of the West district of ANCA Raffi Hambarian.