LA Turkish Consul to speak at CGU

[Hovik]

Hi all,

I am sure the "Armenian Issue" (as they adore to call it) has a good chance of coming up at this event anyway, but if enough of us show up and we make our presence felt, there may be opportunity to engage a wider discussion.

EVENT: Lecture by the Consul General of Turkey, Los Angeles, R. Hakan Tekin, on "The Role and Challenges of Turkey in a Globalizing World." This lecture will take place on Tuesday, June 10, at 4:00 pm in the Board Room in Harper Hall, CGU.

DETAILS:"The Role and Challenges of Turkey in a Globalizing World"


Served at the Turkish Embassies in Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates,
Sofia/Bulgaria, attended the NATO Defense College Senior Course in Rome
and worked at the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations in
New York.

Assumed his post in Los Angeles as Consul General on 15 April 2007. His
area of responsibility includes 12 states of the western region of the
United States.

Graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences,
Department of International Relations in 1989.

Worked at the Departments of Culture, Central Asia, Human Rights,
Balkans and Personnel within the Ministry.

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Directions: Harper Hall is located on the corner of 10th Street and College Avenue, north about 2 miles from the 10 FWY.

[Hovik]

Caught On Tape!!!

Here's a YouTube link to a news story that runs 4 minutes & 44 seconds. It's rare footage of the Consul General of Turkey, shot a few days ago. The video was shot, not him. Below the link, is a News Release sent to English-language Armenian-American newspapers. The attached picture is of Hakan Tekin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNsNSD3x328

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TURKISH DIPLOMAT SAYS BARACK OBAMA

WILL FLIP-FLOP ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE


Globalist Films News Release Contact: Peter Musurlian
Monday, June 16, 2008 (818) 500-1234

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA -- Hakan Tekin, Los Angeles-based Consul General of Turkey, brought his disinformation campaign to Claremont Graduate University on Tuesday, June 10, speaking to a group of about 40 graduate students.

The polite academic setting was tailor-made for Tekin's more outrageous comments to go unchallenged. The students seemed to give him the benefit of the doubt regarding Armenian issues, very likely because the non-Armenian audience was understandably not up to speed on the facts; A fact Tekin exploited.

Tekin talked about "the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani land." He additionally commented on "futile attempts" to get Armenia to agree to a joint committee to study the Armenian Genocide and how "Armenia must unequivically recognize Turkey's territorial integrity."

When asked about the race for U.S. President, Tekin suggested that Barack Obama would be ahead in the polls in Turkey, if such a poll could be taken, even though Obama has made the most emphatic statement about genocide recognition.
Tekin expects Obama to wimp out and fall in line.

"I would just remind you," Tekin boasted, "that the last three Presidents of the United States, they also had similar statements during the elections, but when they came to the power, they saw that things were not as it is being presented."

If you would like to see a five-minute news story on the lecture, simply go to www.YouTube.com and search for either "Musurlian" or "301AD."

To contact Peter Musurlian, who videotaped Tekin in Claremont, e-mail him at: peter[at]globalistfilms[dot]com.