Half a million genocide denial DVDs distributed by the European version of Time Magazine
Write to Time Magazine Europe at: mail@timeatlantic.com in order to voice your thoughts on Turkey's latest attempt to try to convince people that there was no Armenian Genocide.
FEDERATION OF ARMENIAN ORGANISATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS
24 April Committee
Address: Weesperstraat 91 - 2574 VS Den Haag
Tel. 070 4490209
E-mail: april24committee@wanadoo.nl
Website: http://www.24april.nl
Press Release
Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands demands Time Magazine apology for misleading Turkish information
In Time Magazine of June 6 a DVD of Turkish Chamber of Commerce (ATO) is attached to a number of advertisement pages for Turkey as the holiday country, a DVD including a large scale collection of propaganda material denying the Armenian Genocide. Film shots as well as documents present the well known twisting and denying stories, and an illustrious company of genocide denialists as Mac Carthy and Halacoglu, prosecuted in Switzerland for denying the Armenian genocide, make statements of the well known kind.
The Federation cannot imagine how a quality magazine like Time could have added such a DVD to the 494 thousand copies of Time, intended for the European market. The Federation protests against this sort of misleading information and demands Time Magazine at least apology on the front page of next week issue.
Turkey will not impress Europe with this rearguard action and propaganda DVD, since for most European Countries the Armenian Genocide is a fact, politically as well as scientifically spoken.
See below the protest letter of the Federation of Armenian Organisation in
the Netherlands
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To the Editor of Time Magazine
Dear Madam, Sir,
The Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands and it's 24 April Committee are astonished by the fact that how a quality magazine like Time could have added a free DVD as tourist information for Turkey, which however practically exclusively contains misleading historical information, namely obvious distortion of historical facts in favour of denial of the Armenian Genocide. According to our information this DVD is distributed this week to 494 thousand subscribers of Time Magazine in Europe.
The Federation protests against this misinformation and demands Time Magazine at least apology on the front page of next week issue. We also ask you to withdraw the copies from the retailers.
Although the DVD is not made by Time Magazine, we hold Time Magazine responsible for this very unwanted present.
Waiting for your reaction.
Yours sincerely,
M. Hakhverdian (Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands)
I. Drost (24 April Committee)
The Hague
The Netherlands
FEDERATION OF ARMENIAN ORGANISATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS
24 April Committee
Address: Weesperstraat 91 - 2574 VS Den Haag
Tel. 070 4490209
E-mail: april24committee@wanadoo.nl
Website: http://www.24april.nl
Press Release
Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands demands Time Magazine apology for misleading Turkish information
In Time Magazine of June 6 a DVD of Turkish Chamber of Commerce (ATO) is attached to a number of advertisement pages for Turkey as the holiday country, a DVD including a large scale collection of propaganda material denying the Armenian Genocide. Film shots as well as documents present the well known twisting and denying stories, and an illustrious company of genocide denialists as Mac Carthy and Halacoglu, prosecuted in Switzerland for denying the Armenian genocide, make statements of the well known kind.
The Federation cannot imagine how a quality magazine like Time could have added such a DVD to the 494 thousand copies of Time, intended for the European market. The Federation protests against this sort of misleading information and demands Time Magazine at least apology on the front page of next week issue.
Turkey will not impress Europe with this rearguard action and propaganda DVD, since for most European Countries the Armenian Genocide is a fact, politically as well as scientifically spoken.
See below the protest letter of the Federation of Armenian Organisation in
the Netherlands
--------------
To the Editor of Time Magazine
Dear Madam, Sir,
The Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands and it's 24 April Committee are astonished by the fact that how a quality magazine like Time could have added a free DVD as tourist information for Turkey, which however practically exclusively contains misleading historical information, namely obvious distortion of historical facts in favour of denial of the Armenian Genocide. According to our information this DVD is distributed this week to 494 thousand subscribers of Time Magazine in Europe.
The Federation protests against this misinformation and demands Time Magazine at least apology on the front page of next week issue. We also ask you to withdraw the copies from the retailers.
Although the DVD is not made by Time Magazine, we hold Time Magazine responsible for this very unwanted present.
Waiting for your reaction.
Yours sincerely,
M. Hakhverdian (Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands)
I. Drost (24 April Committee)
The Hague
The Netherlands
posted by Raffi K. at 5:25 PM
5 Comments:
Dear friends,
I like so much Armenia, its culture and armenian people. My dream is visiting your country one day. Is there other English language weblogs of armenia and living there?
Actual loggers about living here are pretty rare still, unfortunately...
Just thought you guys might be interested in knowing there was an incredably small paragraph in this week's Time Magazine about the outrage caused by the Turkish DVD in the previous issue. Time made a half hearted appology saying that it was sorry if the DVD caused offence to anyone of Armenian descent but they were not responsible for what they consider an "Advertisement" and cannot be held accountalbe for it.
Typical!!
the way things go in media and politics, it makes sense TIME would do such a thing. turkey gives american government what they want, so in return, they get what they want- to be aquitted of several million souls...
I am a Turkish citizen (a Turk) and possess no sort of negative feelings towards Armenians. Lots of our close neighbors were Armenians in Istanbul and a real mutual, sincere friendship had actually existed among us all. I think, you, the Armenian people recognize the year 1915 as a "genoside" time and never recall the same-dated Armenian-Russian "friendship" against the Ottoman Empire. Whatever, no need to discuss anything further anyway. As usual, "who has the gold, will arrange the rules"... But still, I wish, may the people of both nations be the intimate friends again in the distant future. None of them deserves an evil fate, I sincerely believe...
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