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    PanArmenian News
    Feb 26 2005

    KOCHARIAN: TURKISH SOCIETY BROUGHT UP ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL AND
    PUBLIC PERCEPTION INERTIA IS HARD TO OVERCOME


    26.02.2005 14:03

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "When speaking of the Armenian Genocide the matter
    should concern the late 19th -early 20th centuries. The events of
    1915 is the biggest and most tragic episode of the Armenian Genocide
    in the Ottoman Empire," President of Armenia Robert Kocharian stated
    in an interview with the Golos Armenii newspaper. In his words, for
    many decades the Turkish society has been brought up on denial of the
    Armenian Genocide and it is extremely hard to overcome the public
    perception inertia. "However, Turkey's urge towards accession to the
    EU provides for greater openness of the society, access to
    information, opportunity of discussion of complicated issues. These
    are exactly the tools by means of which the unbiased evaluation of
    one's history is formed. Nevertheless, I have some cautious
    optimism," he noted, adding that Turkey has activated
    "counter-propaganda" efforts regarding the Genocide problems.
    "However, I am sure that the outcome will be just the opposite of
    their expectations," R. Kocharian underscored.
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