Garo Paylan, the ethnic Armenian MP of Turkey’s parliament, commented on the May 7 police raid on the Belge Publishing House. ‘Belge Publishing House has written down the history of Turkey’s crimes……..At least read the conscated books”, Paylan said on Twitter.
In an interview with German newspaper Rheinischen Post published Monday, Juncker said the move “would be the reddest of all red lines.”
Turkish police arrested Ahmet Tevfik Uzun, a former lawmaker of the ruling party, on grounds of having links with the Gulenists, CNN Turk reports. The arrest comes amid an ongoing investigation on the 2016 July 15 coup attempt.
Turkish police attacked on May 7 the Belge Publishing House, founded by Turkish human rights activist Ragıp Zarakolu and his wife, Turkish media reported. Zarakolu is known for recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
“OSCE isn’t among the organizations, causing excitation in Russia. Just the contrary, MG today is the only platform, where Russia and the West have mutual understanding. And I don’t consider that Moscow may destroy that opportunity of connection.”
“If there is a threat on the border of the Republic of Armenia, including also from that direction, our sacred duty is to jointly act against our enemy. This is enshrined in the respective documents,” the commander said.
“Military experts in Syria examined the firearms of neutralized terrorists and discovered that snipers of the Islamic State and Jebhat Al Nusra are using night vision devices with electronics made by Russian enterprises,” Komersant said.
But as officials from the three countries that back rival sides in the conflict signed the agreement at the Syria cease-fire talks in Kazakhstan, members of the Syrian opposition delegation shouted in protest and walked out of the conference room in Astana, the Kazakh capital.
The militants are now besieged in the northwestern corner of Mosul which includes the historic Old City center, the medieval Grand alNuri Mosque, and its landmark leaning minaret where their black flag has been flying since June 2014.
The President’s Office informed President Sargsyan expressed his support and condolences to President Rouhani, endurance and patience to the family and friends of the victims and speedy recovery to the injured.
