Is Iskandarian traitor?
Ararat Centre for Strategic Research NGO brought an action against the Caucasus Institute Foundation for the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
Alexander Iskandarian, a political analyst and head of the Caucasus Institute Foundation, edited the book "Caucasus Neighborhood: Turkey and the South Caucasus." The book was published after a conference organized by the Caucasus Institute in Istanbul and included a reprint of an article denying the Armenian Genocide.
"The article, entitled "Turkish-Armenian relations: an eternal deadlock?" by Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation colleague Aybars Gyorgulu, became the basis for the legal suit. In his report presented during the conference in Istanbul, the Turkish figure denies the Armenian Genocide. Furthermore, in his article, Gyorgulu uses the word "genocide" in quotation marks," says Armen Aivazian, Director of Ararat Centre for Strategic Research NGO.
"The act of Genocide denial has also begun in Armenia, this is not an exceptional case," said Aivazian and added, "This is a case of simple classic denial."
According to Aivazian, initial hearings will take place in the first half of October.
