In his written statement Yurtsever said, "Google-Earth placed the photos of Mount Agri which are taken from Yerevan and they renamed Mount Agri due to Armenian political interests, on the satelite views of Caucasus and Turkey."
Yurtsever said that Google-Earth named Mount Agri with using antic city names Sis, Misis(Masis) which were used in Cukurova. Yurtsever said that these names were associating the times of Cilicia Armenian Kingdom and these city names are the names of antic Armenian cities in the middle of Cukurova near Ceyhan river.
Stating that Armenians uses "Sis" for Little Agri and "Misis" or "Masis" for Great Agri, Yurtsever said that this usage of Armenians is reflected over Google-Earth. Yurtsever said, "Under the influence of Armenian's historical and political opinions, Google-Earth gave a support to "Historical Armenia" dream of Armenians that ranges from Caspian Sea to Cukurova and Mediterranean. Renaming Mount Agri with the names "Sis" and "Masis/Misis" that are frequently used in the historical documents about Cilicia Armenian Kingdom that continued its existence during the crusades in middle age, is a result of the policy of changing toponyms in Caucasia to Armenian ones".
Stating that the Mount Agri on the satelite view of Google-Earth is renamed to the name "Ararat" which belongs to Armenian historical utopia and which is recognized by Christian world, Cezmi Yurtsever said that this practice of Google which names toponyms in Turkey due to Armenian's historical views is not objective.
Claiming that Armenia have not recognized the Kars agreement that is signed between USSR and Turkey and which defines the borders between Turkey and Armenia, Yurtsever said that Armenia sees Mount Agri and Lake Van as a part of "Great Armenia". Cezmi Yurtsever said that Ministry of Foreign Affairs should officially apply against Google-Earth which names Mount Agri as "Ararat".
Turkishny.com
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