The Court for Grave Crimes in Sincan, Ankara, Turkey, dismissed a claim lodged by a nationalist group against the organizers of the action “Forgive us, Armenians.” The Turkey-based Radikal newspaper reported that, according to the court, the action was an expression of freedom of speech.

NEWS.am reminds readers that late in 2008 a group of Turkish intellectuals launched an action “Forgive us, Armenians”. More than 30,000 people joined their statement by means of Internet. The intellectuals particularly stated they could not show indifference and deny the great disaster Armenians experienced in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul then stated that intellectual had the right to express their opinion. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan pointed out that Turkey had not committed a sin to apologize for.

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