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Turkey: Mock Armenian Hangings

Written byOnnik Krikorian
Posted 5 March 2008 20:08 GMT

Blogian posts some disturbing photographs of the celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Turkish liberation of Erzurum. Claimed by both Armenians and Turks, the city featured re-enactments of the hanging of Armenian bandits which were viewed by children. The blogger notes that even nationalist Turkish newspapers were critical of the celebration.

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