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Kobe Bryant's Turkish Airlines Deal Causes Armenian Outrage
Kobe Bryant's latest endorsement deal has his Armenian Lakers fans crying foul. The Lakers basketball superstar just inked a deal to be the face of Turkish Airlines as it announced a plan to launch non-stop flights between Istanbul and Los Angeles in March. According to the terms of the deal, Bryant will appear in a film for the airline, make visits to Turkey and get paid a whole heap of cash for the use of his image, NBC Sports reported.
But the large Armenian population in Los Angeles are outraged over the endorsement and are urging Kobe Bryant to drop the deal because of disputed allegations of genocide against Armenians by Turkey.
Armenian groups and many scholars argue that Turkey committed genocide by targeting the ethnic group during what they said was a massacre beginning in 1915. Today, Turkey refuses to officially admit the genocide took place, which has been a source of tension between it and many of its Western allies – including the United States.
By inking the deal, the Armenian Youth Federation argued, Kobe Bryant wasn't properly acknowledging their community’s concerns. I wonder how many Armenians would care to acknowledge the plight of Kobe's ancestors.
Date Submitted: 12/20/2010 6:14 PM
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PostedBy: philoscyber
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| 12/20/2010 9:34 PM |
| Phantom Says: |
To answer your ignorant final question, all Armenians, as do all other thinking human beings, would and do acknowledge the plight of Kobe's ancestors.
In any case, maybe Kobe will do a deal with the KKK next year. After all, I hear they deny the Holocaust. That seems like a perfect fit for Kobe, who apparently likes to endorse Genocide deniers (Turkish Airlines is owned 49% by the Turkish govt. which denies it exterminated its Armenian citizens).
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