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  • Berlin Permitting Ultranationalist Turkish Protest denying the Armenian Genocide

    Armenian News Network / Groong
    March 9, 2006

    By Andreas Danielyan

    BERLIN, GERMANY


    Dogu Perincek and his ultranationalist workers party are going to have
    a pro-Talaat-Pasha-movement in Berlin city beginning March 15th untill
    March 18th. They are denying the Armenian Genocide. For March 18th a
    big demonstration in Berlin is organized from Turkey.

    Several Armenian, Assyrian, French-Armenian, German, German-Armenian,
    Kurdish and other organizations are actively opposing the
    demonstration, while the Turkish community of Berlin and several other
    Turkish organizations have retreated from their support of that
    demonstration of Turkish fascists in Berlin. The Turkish foreign
    minister has asked any Turkish official not to support or take part in
    that demonstration.

    The problem now is the attitude and behaviour of certain German
    officials, especially in light of the German parliament resolution
    recognizing the Armenian Genocide as a historical fact on June 16th,
    2005. Now German politicians are stepping back from that.

    The senator of Berlin city Dr. Ehrhart Körting, responsible as
    authorative body for the approval of the Turkish fascist
    demonstration, is not directly denying the Armenian Genocide, but he
    has given an interview recently on a local Berlin radio station saying
    that he does not know if the organizers of that demonstration do deny
    that there have been "mass killings". In German: "Die Veranstalter
    behaupten, dass es an den Armeniern keinen organisierten Völkermord
    gegeben hat. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie in Frage stellen, dass es
    massenhaft Tote gegeben hat in der seinerzeitigen Situation."

    Furthermore he says that he does not see any necessity for forbidding
    that demonstration, because only if the Jewish Holocaust were denied,
    only then, he would have to forbid a demonstration. In German: "Also
    wir haben einen besonderen Straftatbestand bei uns in unserem
    Strafgesetzbuch wegen der Einmaligkeit auch des Vorgangs des
    Holocausts: Wer den Holocaust leugnet und die Judenvernichtung durch
    das Dritte Reich leugnet, macht sich strafbar. Jede Demonstration, die
    etwas derartiges vorträgt, ist damit automatisch ein Verstoß gegen die
    öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung und verboten."

    As regards to the Armenian Genocide, Körting says that the discussion
    has to be open, not regulated by authorities. In German: "Aber das
    gehört eher zu dem Bereich, wo ich meine, dass man das nicht durch
    Verbote oder wie auch immer regeln kann, sondern diese Debatte muss
    offen ausgetragen werden." ("this debate has to be openly discussed").

    Here is the complete interview in the original German:

    Christian Stahl: Am 18. März wollen sie marschieren: türkische
    Nationalisten, angeführt von der linksnationalistischen
    Arbeiterpartei aus der Türkei, einer Splitterpartei, und zwar in
    Berlin. Gegen die Lüge vom Völkermord an den Armeniern, so
    heißt es im Aufruf der Organisatoren und martialisch geht´s
    weiter: Man werde 'die türkischen Verteidigungsstellen in die
    Metropolen Europas verlagern.` Über diese Demonstration und die
    Aufrufe spreche ich jetzt mit Berlins Innensenator Ehrhart
    Körting. Schönen Guten Tag Herr Dr. Körting.

    Ehrhart Körting: Guten Tag.

    Christian Stahl: Die Organisatoren sagen ja, wir warnen Europa, so
    heißt es in einer Pressemitteilung, die Europäer sollen aufhören die
    Türkei zu beschuldigen, wenn sie nicht wollen, dass ihre Städte in
    Flammen stehen wie in Paris. Das ist ja eigentlich ´ne unverhehlte
    Drohung.

    Ehrhart Körting: Also, der Aufruf, der in der Türkei verbreitet
    wird, enthält einen Hinweis darauf, man solle sich doch besinnen,
    wenn man nicht so ´was erleben wolle wie in Paris oder ähnliches.
    Das gehört zu den Bereichen, wo wir bei dem Aufruf sicherlich sehr
    genau zu prüfen haben, ob der Aufruf damit bestimmte Grenzen
    überschreitet und ob man bestimmte Grenzen setzen muss.

    Christian Stahl: Was könnte das heißen, weil deutschen Faschisten
    hat man ja schon gesagt, dass man da Demonstrationsfreiheit
    einschränken kann. Könnte das bedeuten, dass hier auch möglicherweise
    die Demonstration wegen Volksverhetzung gekippt wird?

    Ehrhart Körting: Also Volksverhetzung muss man prüfen. Wissen Sie, das
    ist ´ne Demonstration, die ist angemeldet. Wir haben ein
    Versammlungsrecht, was vom Grundsatz her keine Genehmigungspflicht für
    Demonstrationen enthält, sondern nur ´ne Anmeldepflicht bei der
    Polizeibehörde. Die Polizeibehörde prüft dann, spricht mit dem
    Veranstalter und macht Auflagen. Die können sich zum Beispiel auch
    darauf beziehen, dass bestimmte Plakate oder Aufrufe oder ähnliches
    dort nicht verbreitet oder mitgetragen werden können, dass bestimmte
    Redner nicht auftreten dürfen oder was immer es an möglichen Auflagen
    gibt.
    Die Frage des Verbots einer Veranstaltung stellt sich nur dann, wenn
    die öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung durch die Veranstaltung
    gefährdet ist und auf andere Art und Weise nicht gesichert werden kann
    und da sind wir zu Recht, auch aus unserer Geschichte mit Verboten
    gegenüber Demonstrationen sehr sehr sehr zurückhaltend. Das ist von
    der Versammlungsbehörde zu prüfen. Abschließendes Prüfergebnis hab ich
    noch nicht.

    Christian Stahl: Geschichte ist das Stichwort, um die es bei der
    Demonstration geht: Der Völkermord an den Armeniern. Der Bundestag hat
    vor kurzem eine Resolution verabschiedet, wie andere Regierungen,
    andere Länder auch, über den Völkermord an den Armeniern. Die
    Veranstalter sagen das Ganze sei eine Lüge und wollen damit auf die
    Straße gehen. Wenn man das Gleiche über deutsche Geschichte machen
    würde, dann wär´s klar, das wäre verboten. Wie ist das mit Geschichte
    anderer Länder?

    Ehrhart Körting: Also wir haben einen besonderen Straftatbestand bei
    uns in unserem Strafgesetzbuch wegen der Einmaligkeit auch des
    Vorgangs des Holocausts: Wer den Holocaust leugnet und die
    Judenvernichtung durch das Dritte Reich leugnet, macht sich
    strafbar. Jede Demonstration, die etwas derartiges vorträgt, ist damit
    automatisch ein Verstoß gegen die öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung
    und verboten.
    Ansonsten haben wir keinen spezifischen Straftatbestand, der, ich sag
    jetzt mal ganz vorsichtig, Geschichtsfragen, die von Deutschland
    anders beurteilt werden oder von vielen Ländern anders beurteilt
    werden als sie in der Türkei beurteilt werden, etwa unter den Begriff
    der öffentlichen Sicherheit und Ordnung zu packen. Die Veranstalter
    behaupten, dass es an den Armeniern keinen organisierten Völkermord
    gegeben hat. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie in Frage stellen, dass es
    massenhaft Tote gegeben hat in der seinerzeitigen Situation. Aber das
    gehört eher zu dem Bereich, wo ich meine, dass man das nicht durch
    Verbote oder wie auch immer regeln kann, sondern diese Debatte muss
    offen ausgetragen werden. Da kann ich nur appellieren auch an
    diejenigen in der Türkei, die solche Aufrufe wie jetzt machen, sich
    mit der Geschichte auseinander zu setzen.

    Christian Stahl: ... sagt Berlins Innensenator Ehrhart Körting. Am 18.
    März wollen türkische Nationalisten in Berlin demonstrieren und zwar
    gegen die angebliche Lüge vom Völkermord an den Armeniern. Ein Verbot
    dieser Veranstaltung wird derzeit von der Versammlungsbehörde geprüft.
    Vielen Dank Herr Körting.

    Ehrhart Körting: Danke Ihnen.

    * * * * *

    The general attorney of the Federal Republic of Germany has also
    declined responsibility for forbidding this fascist demonstration.

    Germany will react to protest and pressure from abroad, as they are
    highly concerned with a bad reputation internationally regarding
    genocide, especially during the preparations for the world soccer
    championship. Dr. Körting has already related these to each other.
    He said in another radio interview that he does not want too much
    attention.

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    against the unresponsiveness of German authorities. We can use your
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    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

  • #2
    Armenian genocide demo banned in Berlin

    14 March 2006

    BERLIN - Political leaders and human rights groups on Tuesday welcomed a decision by Berlin police to ban demonstrations aimed at the Armenian genocide in World War I.

    Police on Monday banned two protests due to have been held in the German capital this week which supported the official Turkish position that killings of Christian Armenians by Muslim Turks in 1915 did not amount to genocide.

    Organizers of one of the protests warned Europe's cities would "go up in flames like Paris" unless Europeans stopped blaming Turkey for the Armenian genocide.

    The ban was justified by police who said they feared violence and because they suspected demonstrators would try to both

    deny and glorify the events of 1915.

    "It is unacceptable when planned demonstrations seek to deny the genocide of Armenians during the First World War and make veiled calls for violence in Germany," said Frank Henkel, the opposition Christian Democratic Union interior affairs spokesman in the city government.

    A human rights group, the Society for Threatened Peoples, also welcomed the ban and called for legislation to prevent all public events denying or glorifying genocide or war crimes.

    Most Western historians term the Armenian killings genocide and say that between 1 million and 1.5 million Armenians were killed or died during the massacres.

    Parliaments in at least seven European countries, including France and Sweden, have passed resolutions saying the killings were genocide.

    Germany has about 1.8 million resident Turkish nationals out of a total population of 82 million.

    Mainstream Turkish-German groups had withdrawn support for the controversial demonstrations at the weekend.
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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    • #3
      Judge overrules Police Department's decision to ban demonstration

      Turks to Demonstrate against Genocide in Berlin
      --Judge overrules Police Department's decision to ban demonstration

      BERLIN (DPA/Armenpress)—A German court overruled Tuesday a decision by the Berlin Police Department to ban two Turkish demonstrations, March 15 and 18, against the recognition of the Armenian genocide and commemorating the 85th anniversary of Talaat Pasha's death.

      Political leaders and human rights groups had supported this decision by the police, but organizers appealed to the court and got the ban overturned.

      Organizers of one of the protests warned that Europe's cities would "go up in flames like Paris" unless Europeans stopped blaming Turkey for the Armenian genocide.

      The ban was justified by police who said they feared violence and because they suspected demonstrators would try to both deny and glorify the Armenian genocide.

      "It is unacceptable when planned demonstrations seek to deny the genocide of Armenians during the First World War and make veiled calls for violence in Germany," said Frank Henkel, the opposition Christian Democratic Union interior affairs spokesman in the city government.

      The statement disseminated by the Berlin Police Department said that Talaat Pasha bears the responsibility for the genocide of Armenians in 1915 and makes note of the resolution adopted by the German Bundestag about the Armenian genocide.

      A human rights group, the Society for Threatened Peoples, also welcomed the ban and called for legislation to prevent all public events denying or glorifying genocide or war crimes.

      Germany has about 1.8 million Turkish nationals out of a total population of 82 million.

      Mainstream Turkish-German groups withdrew their support for the controversial demonstrations over the weekend.
      "All truth passes through three stages:
      First, it is ridiculed;
      Second, it is violently opposed; and
      Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

      Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      • #4
        My gut feeling is that this demonstration will backfire. This will only solidify the negative perception that many Europeans have regarding Turks and even Muslims in general.
        General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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        • #5
          Only 15 people attended to the march and they were quarrelling with each other.

          Originally posted by Joseph
          My gut feeling is that this demonstration will backfire. This will only solidify the negative perception that many Europeans have regarding Turks and even Muslims in general.

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          • #6
            I could be wrong but I think the big march is on Sat. and yesterday was just a wreath laying
            General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Joseph
              My gut feeling is that this demonstration will backfire. This will only solidify the negative perception that many Europeans have regarding Turks and even Muslims in general.
              Yes in many ways I say "bring it on" - Turks seem experts on doing themselves (political) harm and bringing ire down upon themselves...still imagine if this was a demonstration praising Hitler...eh?

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              • #8
                Regarding Hitler, I agree. The Turks involved in this are definitely not pro-EU. The EU countries basically look down upon any display of chauvanism these days and the Turks in Europe are doing Turkey no favors.
                General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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                • #9
                  They are bunch of ulusalci clowns, I wouldnt call them Turk. After all 15 of them showed up, quarrelling with each other.

                  Originally posted by Joseph
                  Regarding Hitler, I agree. The Turks involved in this are definitely not pro-EU. The EU countries basically look down upon any display of chauvanism these days and the Turks in Europe are doing Turkey no favors.

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                  • #10
                    That might be so. I read Denktash will be at the rally on Sat.
                    General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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