ISTANBUL,Turkey (A.
W.)—Istanbul-based bilingual Armenian weekly newspaper AGOS was recently targeted by Goksel Gulbey, the head of the Turkish ASIMDER group (Uluslararası Aslsız Ermeni ddialarıyla Mücadele Derneği/“Association that Struggles Against International Baseless Armenian Lies”), and for publishing an advertisement with Birthright Armenia’s logo on its website. Gulbey claimed that Agos “serves the occupying Armenian mentality” by publishing the ad. Gulbey has claimed that the Armenian-Turkish bilingual weekly newspaper Agos ‘serves the occupying Armenian mentality’ by publishing an ad,which included Birthright Armenia’s logo on its website. “On the logo of the Armenian-lobby-sponsored organization named Birthright Armenia published in the newspaper Agos, the occupied Azerbaijani territory of Karabagh (Nagorno-Karabagh Republic/NKR/Artsakh) is shown as Armenian land, and ” said Gulbey in his comments to Istanbul-based Turkish newspaper Milliyet Gulbey went on to say that Agos indirectly serves the Armenian diaspora with their advertisements of such organizations and the columns they write. Founded in 2003,Birthright Armenia’s mission is to strengthen ties between the homeland and Diasporan youth, by affording them an opportunity to be a allotment of Armenia’s daily life and to contribute to Armenia’s development through work, and study and volunteer experiences,while developing life-long personal ties and a renewed sense of Armenian identity. “Trying [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com