THE BLUE BOOK: TURKISH VERSION LAUNCHED

THE BLUE BOOK: TURKISH VERSION LAUNCHED

On Monday 22nd June 2009 , the TURKISH VERSION of the book "Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-1916" (commonly known as the "Blue Book") was launched in the House of Lords of the British Parliament by its Sponsor (Lord Avebury) and its Author (Ara Sarafian), during a Press Conference for the Turkish Media. The event was extensively reported by the "Hurriyet" Newspaper.
The "Blue Book" originally written in 1915 and commissioned by the British Government to the Historian Arnold Toynbee, has been sponsored by Lord Avebury, reviewed, researched and re-written by Ara Sarafian, published by Gomidas and recently, translated into Turkish.
Lord Avebury (Vice-Chairman of the British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group) and Ara Sarafian (Member of the Advisory Board of the BAAPPG) will travel to Ankara and the Turkish Version of the Blue Book will be launched in Ankara on Friday 26th June 2009 in the Turkish Grand National Committee (the Turkish Parliament).
This Turkish translation follows the Turkish Parliament's 2005 petition to the British Parliament, labelling this work "a war propaganda publication". British Parliamentarians discussed the Turkish petition and rejected it in 2006, inviting their Turkish colleagues to a meeting to discuss their differences. Turkish Parliamentarians refused the meeting.
The Turkish edition of the "Blue Book" includes an introduction by Lord Avebury.
For further information please contact bluebook@gomidas.org
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