{"id":23379,"date":"2010-10-14T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=23379"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:13:41","slug":"candidate-says-history-not-on-her-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/10\/14\/candidate-says-history-not-on-her-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate says history not on her agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LALE HANIMI BOLGESEL OLARAK VE TUM GUCUMUZLE DESTEKLEMELIYIZ.. ERMENI VE YUNAN GURUPLARI SIMDIDEN MENFI PROPOGANDAYA BASLADI<\/h3>\n

DR. KAYAALP BUYUKATAMAN<\/p>\n

BASKAN, TURKISH FORUM<\/p>\n

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Lale, looks like\u00a0 facing fierce opposition<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n
Meltem Birkegren<\/div>\n
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Candidate says history not on her agenda<\/span> <\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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95-year-old genocide become campaign issue<\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
By Matthew Pearson, The Ottawa CitizenOctober 13, 2010 10:06 PM<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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School board candidate Lale Eskicioglu has controversial views on the 1915 Armenian genocide.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A candidate for Ottawa school board trustee says her views on the complicated shared history of Turkey and Armenia would have no bearing on how she would do her job if she unseats Zone 8 incumbent John Shea.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would most definitely put the well-being of all our children above and beyond anything else,\u201d Lale Eskicioglu said. Zone 8 includes the municipal wards of Orl\u00e9ans and Cumberland.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ottawa chapter of the Armenian National Committee of Canada says it has \u201cgrave\u201d concerns about Eskicioglu. <\/span><\/p>\n

The committee says Eskicioglu lobbied against Canada\u2019s recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, in which an estimated 1.5 million people were killed by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire. It remains one of the most disputed events of the 20th century, with Turkey, the empire\u2019s successor, insisting that the count of the dead is inflated and that atrocities were mutual.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ANCC claims Eskicioglu was also a vocal opponent of the Toronto District School Board\u2019s decision to include details about the genocide in a Grade 11 history course. The group alleges that, if elected, she will use her position as trustee to block the curriculum from being presented in Ottawa schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven her credentials, it is questionable whether Ms. Eskicioglu will put the interest of Ontario\u2019s students first before other agendas she may be pursuing,\u201d the ANCC said Tuesday in a release. <\/span><\/p>\n

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