Turkey has apparently intervened at EU level against the concert project “Aghet” the Dresden Symphony Orchestra for the Armenian genocide 100 years ago. The Turkish ambassador to the EU requires that the European Union adjusting the funding for international production, General Markus Rindt said Saturday in Dresden.
He spoke of an “attack on freedom of expression”. The project, which in November 2015 had premiered in Berlin and guesting in Istanbul to, the director but does not look at risk. “I do not think that our agency to buckle.”The Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture at the European Commission stand behind “Aghet,” report the “Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten”.
The Agency is projected Rindt but information about the event on its website have removed. “We think that’s not good.” It should be a warning sign that the Turkish government does not back shrink to freedom of expression in art and culture in Europe even before interference. In the matter they had been threatened in the EU even termination of negotiations.
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General Markus Rindt
“They wanted that no one it undergoes “
” They wanted that no one finds out and that the terms genocide and genocide are repaid, “Rindt said. For the musicians of renowned European orchestras was such a “defusing” unacceptable. “You have to name them what it was,” said the orchestra director. “We can not beat about the bush, that it comes to genocide.”
The European Commission in Brussels confirmed that the text has been removed from the site. There had been concerns about the choice of words. Therefore, the text has been temporarily removed to speak with the marketers of new formulations.
“A new project will be released in the coming days,” assured a spokesman. The European Commission supported the project with 200,000 euros. “Its implementation has never been questioned,” she explained
Background:. In the Ottoman Empire in 1915 many Armenians were deported and murdered. It is estimated that 800,000 to 1.5 million members of the Christian minority were killed – for the Armenians themselves and for most historians a clear case of genocide. Turkey as the successor state of the Ottoman Empire sees the term genocide, however unjust accusation.
This is about reconciliation
Director Rindt stated in the art project it is a matter to set a dialogue. The idea for “Aghet” comes from the German-Turkish guitarist Marc Sinan. After two performances in Dresden end of April the concert, for the symphonic reinforced with colleagues from Turkey, Armenia and members of the No Borders Orchestra from the former Yugoslavia should be guesting in Istanbul, Belgrade and Yerevan.
the intervention of the Turkish government showed just how important the guest performance in Istanbul was for the common Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Rindt said.
the Saxon MEP Cornelia Ernst (left) explained, art and freedom of expression are the highest goods and pillars of the EU no bargaining chips. “Anyone who wants to join the EU, these values must act accordingly.” The EU Commission can not apply again questioned her decision.
For the Symphony of resistance from the Bosphorus is nothing new. Also in 2014 was “the designation of genocide is enough to call the Turkish government on the plan,” said Rindt recalls. The Ministry of Culture in Ankara and the Azerbaijani Embassy then withdrew their support for a project back shortly before the premiere.
Rindt stressed the Symphony is not about provocation, but about reconciliation. “Too bad they do not understand.” The next performance of “Aghet” in Dresden Festspielhaus Hellerau to be held on April 30
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the Armenian genocide
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