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Turkey: Priest on Trial
by Douglas Frantz, New York Times - 22-12-2000
Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2000 11:06 am CST

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An Assyrian priest in Diyarbakir went on trial, accused of "provoking hatred" by telling reporters that his Christian minority had been the victim of Turkish genocide. The priest, Father Yusuf Akbulut, could face three years in jail. He testified that he was explaining church elders' views that Assyrian Christians were systematically killed at the turn of the century and that he had not expected the views to be published.

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