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    Another victory?

    The Turkish Minister of Culture is in favour of showing "Ararat" in Turkey. Let's hope the movie's not censored to the point where it is useless. Nice victory nevertheless.....if they finally do decide to show it.

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    Film on Ottoman Killings to Be Shown in Turkey

    Aljazeerah.info
    Dec 29, 2003

    ANKARA, 28 December 2003 - A Turkish minister yesterday said he was
    in favor of allowing a controversial movie on the mass killings of
    Armenians under the Ottoman Empire to be screened in the country,
    but played it down as "ridiculous propaganda," Anatolia news agency
    reported.

    Culture and Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu said he welcomed a decision by
    a cinema watchdog to allow the movie "Ararat" by Canadian director Atom
    Egoyan, who is of Armenian descent, to be shown in Turkish theatres.

    "If some people are curious, they can go and see it... According to
    information I have... it is a film which is very much didactic and
    can even be described as ridiculous propaganda," Mumcu said in the
    southern town of Kemer, according to Anatolia.

    The massacres of Armenians during World War I is one of the most
    controversial episodes in Turkish history. The mass-selling daily
    Hurriyet Saturday quoted Mumcu as saying that "one or two scenes of
    offensive quality" had been censored in the film, which is expected
    to hit the screens in mid-January.
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    ah xxxx them. they are going to take out the scenes of hte brides getting burned and the woman getting raped. its not going to have an effect. the only turks that will watch it will be those that believe the genocide happened and that is not going to be that many it wont have much of an effect. the important thing is that the rest of the world sees it, not the turks.

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      Originally posted by TigranJamharian ah xxxx them. they are going to take out the scenes of hte brides getting burned and the woman getting raped. its not going to have an effect. the only turks that will watch it will be those that believe the genocide happened and that is not going to be that many it wont have much of an effect. the important thing is that the rest of the world sees it, not the turks.
      You know, I think that the rest of the world will never truly care about it as Turks might eventually come to doing. Sure, we will have sympathizers, but I don't expect the Brits or the Americans or the Indians to ever form a large organization defending our cause. It is more of a possibility in Turkey, as many would maybe like to see a certain re-instatement (or creation?) of their national dignity. A turkish population that is educated about the subject may just be the strongest opponent to the turkish government's idiotic plan of denial.

      The fact that the government was so outraged about the movie was also a positive thing for us, as I believe that it enticed more turks to find out about it.

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      • #4
        Yea Tigran, it is precisely the two scenes you mentioned that will be cut. But the story of the movie finally arriving (and of the 2 scenes being cut) is getting quite some press internationally, and in Turkey. I still believe that it's going to leave many Turks wanting to know more...

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          really? that is so hard 4 me 2 believe.
          I don't think they r going to to cut off those parts unless they r really stupid. i mean......they can't do that. if they show the movie, they have to show all of it otherwise they r actually ashamed of it, embarrassed and know that it is all the truth.
          The young turks who will watch it, i doubt that they will believe it exactly because in their schools, i doubt that they were taught the whole truth.
          why is it so hard 4 me 2 believe that article? hmmm
          what website did u get the article from?
          I see...

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            Originally posted by SagGal really? that is so hard 4 me 2 believe.
            I don't think they r going to to cut off those parts unless they r really stupid. i mean......they can't do that. if they show the movie, they have to show all of it otherwise they r actually ashamed of it, embarrassed and know that it is all the truth.
            The young turks who will watch it, i doubt that they will believe it exactly because in their schools, i doubt that they were taught the whole truth.
            why is it so hard 4 me 2 believe that article? hmmm
            what website did u get the article from?
            I think it's been on the NYT, the National Post (in Canada) and many many others. If you've been following ANY armenian news this past week, you would have found dozens of articles yourself.

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              Originally posted by Baron Dants I think it's been on the NYT, the National Post (in Canada) and many many others. If you've been following ANY armenian news this past week, you would have found dozens of articles yourself.
              i didn't know that it was final that the movie was going to be shown. i just hope they show the whole thing and not cut out any parts.
              I see...

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                Originally posted by SagGal really? that is so hard 4 me 2 believe.
                I don't think they r going to to cut off those parts unless they r really stupid. i mean......they can't do that. if they show the movie, they have to show all of it otherwise they r actually ashamed of it, embarrassed and know that it is all the truth.
                The young turks who will watch it, i doubt that they will believe it exactly because in their schools, i doubt that they were taught the whole truth.
                why is it so hard 4 me 2 believe that article? hmmm
                what website did u get the article from?

                I actualy read, that they already showed the moovie, but the part when they burned girls and raped the woman were cut out . . .

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                  Originally posted by Artsakhtsi I actualy read, that they already showed the moovie, but the part when they burned girls and raped the woman were cut out . . .
                  yea. 2 me, if they cut out those parts, then they know that they r hiding the truth. I really thought that they would show those parts. silly me. THOSE BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
                  I see...

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                  • #10
                    if the censoring is for the purposes such as 'not showing naked women body and sexual intercourse' they must censor the part the girl and the boy have sex also.... if they are actually considering the rape and burning parts insulting (cause they say no such thing happened) that might be the reason... but i watched the whole movie. i downloaded it cos of curiosity.

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