May 28, 2009: In a speech delivered on May 9 in Althen-le-Paluds, France, Laurent Leylekian argues that the Turkish political field is not neatly divided between ultranationalists who deny the Armenian Genocide and a progressive, pro-European civil society that advocates cosmopolitanism and favors recognition of the Genocide. In fact, he argues, there are those who oppose the Turkish state system and those who simply want to improve its image by giving its most questionable practices a more cosmetic appearance. more...
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