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Looks like they cutit off at 27K.
Looks like they cutit off at 27K.
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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."
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Re: Please Sign This Petition: Özür diliyoruz
They are now saying that the intellectuals were paid to sign the petition (not the ones that started it).
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Insel 107,414,00 Euro
Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi
Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Kaboglu 193,548,73 Euro
Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi
Mine Krkkanat 70,000,00 Euro
Gazeteci Yazar
Prof. Dr. Atilla Yayla 449,620,40 Euro
Liberal Dusunce Dernegi
Serafettin Elci 107,414,00 Euro
Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi
Ertugrul Kurkcu 809,760,00 Euro
IPS Iletisim Vakf
Prof. Dr. Halil Berktay 107,414,00 Euro
Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi
Etyen Mahcupyan 1,032,921,35 Euro
Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakf
Mehmet Ali Birand 107,414,00 Euro
Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi
Adalet Agaoglu 107,414,00 Euro
Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi
MAZLUMDER 81,735,15 Euro
Murat Belge 107,414,00 Euro
Helsinki Yurttaslar DerneiTHE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IS A LONG ONE!Comment
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Re: Please Sign This Petition: Özür diliyoruz
Who are "they"?Comment
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Re: Please Sign This Petition: Özür diliyoruz
The Turks. http://www.turkishforum.com/content/.../#comment-5214
It's in one of the messages by Leyla. Enjoy, lol, these people just don't get the message.THE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IS A LONG ONE!Comment
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Re: Please Sign This Petition: Özür diliyoruz
Turkish apology petition signatories mostly students
19.01.2009 16:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 27 516 people have already signed the Turkish apology petition which reads, "My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to and the denial of the Great Calamity that befell the Ottoman Armenians in 1915. I reject this injustice and for my share, I empathize with the feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers. I apologize to them."
As freelance French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net, over 6 300 signatories are students, over 1 700 are professors, over 1 200 are engineers, over 1 000 are workers and retired people, less than 700 are attorneys and housewives, less than 600 are journalists, less than 500 are physicians, less than 400 are craftsmen, accountants, authors and educators, less than 300 are unemployed persons, less than 200 are architects, researchers, computer specialists, less than 150 are bankers and foremen.
The geography of signatories varies. In Turkey, Istanbul is the first (9 937) followed by Ankara (2 129), Izmir (1 823) and Diyarbakir (1 423). Then follow Mersin (482), Bursa (415), Adana (394), Antalya (382), Van (375) and Mardin (334).
As to foreign countries, 3 793 signatures were registered from 63 states. 1 729 signatures came from Germany, 343 from the U.S., 324 from the United Kingdom, 310 from France, 231 from Switzerland. Then Poland, Austria, Sweden, Canada, Belgium, Australia, Denmark and Holland come.
5 signatories are from Japan and Saudi Arabia, 4 from Azerbaijan (2 politicians & 2 journalists), 2 from UAE, 1 from Armenia, 1 from Karabakh, 1 from China, 1 from Qatar, 1 from Colombia, 1 from Greenland, 1 from Kosovo, 1 from Ecuador, 1 from Kenya and 1 from Singapore. Two dozens of cities or countries were not identified.
Azerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!Comment
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Re: Please Sign This Petition: Özür diliyoruz
28k now,it's a joy to see, the way the state is trying to plugup holes in the wall of denial,while the truth is spurting out from within."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)Comment
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Re: Please Sign This Petition: Özür diliyoruz
A wise decision
Turkey: no action against apology to Armenians
The Associated Press
Monday, January 26, 2009
ANKARA, Turkey: Prosecutors have decided not to take action against organizers of an online apology campaign for the World War I massacres of Armenians in Turkey, a prosecutor's office official said Monday, suggesting an easing of attitude toward free expression.
The prosecutor's office began investigating the campaign after six people formally complained that the apology violated the controversial law Article 301, which makes it illegal to "humiliate" the Turkish nation.
More than 28,000 people added their names to the apology by a group of prominent academics, journalists, writers and artists. The campaign was hailed as a sign that many in Turkey are ready to break a long-held taboo against acknowledging Turkish culpability for the deaths of up to 1.5 million Armenians and had raised hopes for a reconciliation between Turks and Armenians.
A counter campaign on the Internet under the title "I do not apologize" has attracted more than 65,000 signatures.
Article 301 has been used to punish statements deemed to insult Turkey and to restrict free speech. Nobel Prize winning writer Orhan Pamuk was prosecuted for statements on the massacres of Armenians, but charges were dropped.
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor's office ruled there were no legal grounds on which to prosecute organizers of the apology by Turkish intellectuals issued on the Internet, the official said a sign that the Turkish judiciary is relaxing its attitude toward expression of independent thought.
The prosecutor's office ruled that "in democratic societies adverse opinions are also protected within the framework of freedom of thought," the official said anonymously because civil servants are barred from speaking to reporters without prior authorization.
Historians estimate that, in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks in what is widely regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century. Armenians have long pushed for the deaths to be recognized as genocide.
While Turkey does not deny that many died in that era, the country has rejected the term genocide, saying the death toll is inflated and the deaths resulted from civil unrest during the Ottoman Empire's collapse.
Turkey and Armenia have recently taken steps toward repairing ties. The two neighbors have no diplomatic relations and their shared border has been closed since 1993, when Turkey protested Armenia's occupation of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey backs Azerbaijan's claims to the region, which has a high number of ethnic Armenian residents but is located within Azerbaijan's borders.
In September, however, President Abdullah Gul became the first Turkish leader to visit Armenia, where he and Armenian President Serge Sarkisian watched their countries' football teams play a World Cup qualifying match.General Antranik (1865-1927): I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.Comment
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Ladies and Gents, the site has been officially hacked it seems by a b***h wrapped in a Turkish flag ^^ .THE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IS A LONG ONE!Comment
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Not really, still works.Originally posted by Saco View PostComment
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CHeck again...it's is hacked alright.Originally posted by Sero View PostComment
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