Ankara Routs So-called Armenian Genocide Film

March 15, 2006
zaman.com
By Suleyman Kurt

Ankara is annoyed over a film about so-called Armenian Genocide allegations developed by Eurimages, an organization that promotes common art forms and works in affiliation with the European Council.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the initiative with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s authority, and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said the efforts of the Turkish administration in opposition to the film continue.

I wonder which one is free speech telling the truth or covering up the truth?

Diplomatic sources say the attempts made so far in relation to the Italian Director’s film, “The farm of the skylarks," have ended in vain. The director was called to the Foreign Ministry, but he refused to give up his ideas of support in the film. Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi wrote a letter to the director asking him “not to present Turks negatively.”

It is surprising Americans are not worried about being portrayed in a negative image. The highly popular film, "Metal Storm" offers a highly realistic account of an American war with Turkey. Now why is Turkey so much worried about its image. What does Turkey have to hide?

Minister Gul was reminded of the interpretations on the change in the US Jewish Lobby’s positive attitudes in relation to the “Armenian Genocide Allegations” after the HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) visit to Ankara. “They talked to us in a different way, “Gul responded, “Ask them.”

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