26 04 2007 - Greek police clash with Armenian demonstrators outside Turkish consulate

International Herald Tribune-Europe 4/24/07
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/24/europe/EU-GEN-Greec=-Armenian-Protest.php

Greek police clash with Armenian demonstrators outside Turkish consulate

The Associated Press

Published: April 24, 2007

THESSALONIKI, Greece: Riot police clashed briefly with demonstrators outside the Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki Tuesday, during a protest over the mass killings of Armenians by Turks =n the early 20th century.

Police said =ome 200 Greek Armenian protesters tried to break past a police cordon outside =he consulate building. No injuries or arrests were =eported.

Demonstrators =hanted slogans and burnt a Turkish flag during the protest, held to commemorate the =assacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1919 in what is now =astern Turkey.

Armenians mark 92nd anniversary of mass killings in Ottoman =mpire

Many countries, including Russia and France, have officially recognized the event as genocide. A resolution pending =efore the U.S. Congress that would accuse Ottoman Turks of committing genocide has prompted warnings from Ankara that its =assage would harm relations with Washington

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