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  • ANKARA: Turkish Historians Provide Support for Halacoglu

    Turkish Historians Provide Support for Halacoglu
    By Abdullah Kilic

    Zaman, Turkey
    May 5 2005

    Reaction against the sentence in absentia of Turkish Institute of
    History (TTK) President, Professor Yusuf Halacoglu, by a Zurich court
    in Switzerland, has been increasing gradually.

    Three hundred fifty historians including Professor Halil Inalcik,
    Professor Ilber Ortayli, Professor Kemal Beydilli, Professor Mustafa
    Cetin Varlik, Professor Mucteba Ilgurel, Professor Feridun Emecen,
    and Professor Yucel Ozkaya released a declaration on Wednesday, May
    5, supporting Halacoglu, who was sentenced in absentia because he
    said during a speech at a 2004 symposium in Switzerland, "There is
    no Armenian genocide." Supporting Halacoglu's efforts to reveal the
    historical facts about the Armenian emigration from Anatolia during
    World War I, the 350 historians protested the unlawful action against
    Halacoglu's freedom of thought and speech. They expressed that the
    unlawful act against the TTK President Halacoglu in Switzerland deeply
    saddened them. The historians also prepared a scientific report on
    the Armenian genocide allegations. The report indicates that Armenian
    emigration in 1915 was not a pre-meditated plan but rather a temporary
    and compulsory measure to provide security for the Ottoman army,
    which was assaulted by Armenian guerillas in several regions, and to
    prevent the clashes already occurring between Armenians and Muslims
    from spreading. The report sheds light on the historical facts.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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