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    BOYCOTT TURKEY

    Rally to encourage Against Armenian Grocery Stores that sell Turkish Products!


    Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
    Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
    Location: Good Food Market
    Street: 1864 E Washington Blvd
    City/Town: Pasadena, CA

    BOYCOTT TURKEY RALLY

    Organized by the BOYCOTT TURKEY Campaign
    Co sponsored by Americans for Human Rights

    "Rally to raise awareness about boycotting Turkish products"

    Meet in front of Good Food Market at 9:00AM

    Rally will take place in front of:

    Good Food Market
    1864 E Washington Blvd # 106
    Pasadena, CA 91104

    Garo's Basturma
    1088 N Allen Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91104

    Altadena Food Fair Market
    1873 N Allen Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91104

    Vartans Family Groceries
    1515 E Washington Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91104

    ABOUT THE BOYCOTT TURKEY CAMPAIGN

    The BOYCOTT TURKEY Campaign is a Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code.

    The specific purpose of this corporation is to educate the public on why and how to boycott Turkish made products and tourism to Turkey, and how to identify products made in Turkey.

    You can join the campaign in your personal capacity, as a group, or within an existing organization. To join the BOYCOTT TURKEY Campaign just send an email to [email protected].

    Why Boycott?

    The prevailing argument that Turkey’s democratization would encourage Turkey to acknowledge its human rights record by now been completely discredited.

    The only remaining way for concerned people to exert some positive influence on Turkey to acknowledge its past seems to be through the power of the individual consumer. In short, a boycott of Turkish made goods and a boycott of tourism to Turkey.

    Consumer Power and Moral Responsibility

    Probably one of the most powerful weapons individuals have to effect political change is their consumer purchasing power. One of the most famous examples of successful boycotts is during the Civil Rights movement in the United States. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful in forcing unwilling white Americans to comply in giving in to basic human rights of the African Americans to sit wherever they please on buses. Other successful boycotts include Gandhi's Swadeshi campaign to rid India of British colonial rule and the boycott of South Africa which forced its government to give equal rights to blacks.

    But why should the world consumer participate in a boycott to force Turkey to clean up its human rights record? Don’t we as human beings have a moral responsibility towards the Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian, Greek, and Turkish people?
    Even a partial review of Turkey's crimes against humanity provides sufficient reason for any morally conscious person to boycott

    Turkish made products. Turkey being a democratic country has a worse human rights record than most dictatorships in the world today. The fact that there are more journalists in prison in Turkey than there are in China is no small feat, since China has a population of 1.3 billion. For example, for each purchase that you make, you are funding, promoting or endorsing:

    * The denial of the Armenian Genocide
    * The denial of the Assyrian Genocide
    * The denial of the Greek Genocide
    * The occupation of Cyprus
    * The illegal blockade of Armenia
    * The suppression of the Kurds
    * The imprisonment of journalists
    * The suppression of freedom of speech
    * The destruction of Christian monuments
    * The torture of prisoners

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    I personally boycotted them 2 years ago.. I got into a fight with my grandma for finding a Turkish jam in their house once . It's not just about the genocide I look at it this way: If they're damaging my country's economy with the blocked border, why should I support theirs? Pretty simple. I don't understand why some Armenian grocery stores still carry products made in Turkey. It is unacceptable.

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      Originally posted by Tongue View Post
      I personally boycotted them 2 years ago.. I got into a fight with my grandma for finding a Turkish jam in their house once . It's not just about the genocide I look at it this way: If they're damaging my country's economy with the blocked border, why should I support theirs? Pretty simple. I don't understand why some Armenian grocery stores still carry products made in Turkey. It is unacceptable.
      Your argument makes sense. I often wonder why the Armenian stores in Watertown sell some Turkish goods so I asked one of the owners last summer. He basically told me that he gets the question all the time but that some of the products are not yet produced in Armenia or by Armenians in the US or Middle East and even some of the Turkish products are made by Armenian owned companies in Turkey, albeit a small number of them.

      He also assured me that slowly but surely, the Armenian made products are replacing those from Turkey, Syrian, Lebanon, etc{I've noticed this lately}. It's really up to Armenians to make the goods that Armenians want and the Armenian grocers will gladly sell them. Unfortunately, it will take some more time but I can understand the boycott and I support it.
      General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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      • #4
        Unfortunately, more than 80% of armenian goods are ``made in Turkey``...

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        • #5
          My Letter to Full Circle Organic Foods

          Dear Friends at Full Circle Foods,

          We have been enjoying many of your products for several years now and encouraging our friends and family to do the same since we strongly believe in the organic lifestyle. We were however, disappointed to find out that the Apple juice our family (especially our 2 year old) loves so much comes from Turkey (concentrate).

          This is troubles us all because for over 15 years now, Turkey (along with the Turkic state of Azerbaijan) has economically blockaded it's neighbor Armenia, despite repeated calls from Armenia to lift the blockade without preconditions. This blockade which has been condemned internationally (including by the US Congress) is keeping much needed food commodities out of struggling 15 year old Republic of Armenia, and essentially squeezing and starving it from both sides. This does not fall in line with our beliefs in promoting peace between nations through food and other assistance. It does not fall in line with the organic lifestyle, and we call on Full Circle Foods to reconsider your relationship with this country until it lifts this terrible inhuman blockade. Please join us and encourage Turkey to set a good example in not allowing food to become pawn in the ugly game of blackmail. Thank you.

          Sincerely,

          The {Your Name} Family
          {Your Location}

          I encourage you to submit your own letter (or at least edit the first paragraph to your own situation) at:
          Attached Files

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