International Herald Tribune, France
April 24 2007


 

Greek police clash with Armenian demonstrators
outside Turkish
consulate
The Associated PressPublished: 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 in the early
20th century.

Police said some 200 Greek Armenian protesters tried to break past a
police cordon outside the consulate building. No injuries or arrests
were reported.

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