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Published on January 20, 2012
CEMIL CICEK: DINK'S ASSASSINATION, TRIAL TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT ON TURKEY
- Turkey's Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek remarked on some agenda issues in a televised show, particularly focusing on France's Senate discussion of Armenian Genocide bill and Dink trial verdict. "Anka" news agency reported Cicek had promised to authorize all those historians who would like to study Turkish archives. Referring to the shameful trial on Hrant Dink's murder case, Turkish Parliament Speaker stated that the Court of Appeal would discuss the verdict and a final assessment would be issued. According to the Turkish official Dink's assassination and the trial have had a negative impact on Turkey's reputation and domestic peace.
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1Turkey's Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek remarked on some agenda issues in a televised show, particularly focusing on France's Senate discussion of Armenian Genocide bill and Dink trial verdict. "Anka" ...RICK PERRY WITHDRAWS FROM PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Texas Governor Rick Perry abandoned his presidential bid and endorsed Newt Gingrich yesterday, just two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary, The Independent reported. "I know when it's ...GERMANY LIKELY TO PASS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PENALIZATION BILL
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Today in Armenian history- 1780 The Armenian colony of New Nakhichevan (Rostov, Russia) is founded.
- 1921 Publication in Brussels of Abbot Matern Muret's memoirs. He witnessed the Genocide of the Marash Armenians by the Turks from January 20 to February 11, 1920 as a result of French perfidy. He called the killing of 20000 Armenians during that time enough to make any human insane.
- 1933 Opening of the Spendiaryan State Opera Building in Yerevan.
- 1989 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR establishes a special authority headed by Volsky in Artsakh. This authority is directly subject to the USSR Government rather than to Soviet Azerbaijan. In the summer, a National Council was formed which represented all strata of Artsakhs population.
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