Turkish Mustafa denying Armenian Genocide apologized

13:02 21/11/2009 » Politics

Turkish Mustafa denying Armenian Genocide apologized

The drama over Turkish Mustafa Dogan denying Armenian Genocide in one of French lyceums is continuing. Dogan was suspended from school because denying Armenian Genocide. Later he was assigned to write a report about Armenian Genocide but Dogan’s parents and Turkish community voiced against it. Dogan’s history teacher asked a question about the events of 1915 and the “Armenian genocide” in a written exam. Having previously argued with the teacher over the issue, the Turkish student became angry and wrote, “Even if it did happen, they deserved it.” Following the emergence of the events, members of the Armenian Diaspora in France urged immediate passage of a draft bill pending in the Senate that would make it a crime to deny the alleged genocide. Currently Turkish Mustafa Dogan apologized for his statement, most probably, he was afraid of being forever suspended from school.

Source: Panorama.am

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