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MEHMET YILMAZ: THE LAST THING THE ARMENIANS WANT IS A DEBATE
Hurriyet, Turkey
Oct 26 2006
The Anadolu news agency has reported that the Armenian parliament
has shelved a suggestion to form a commission dealing with genocide
allegations and research. Deputy head of the Armenian parliament,
Vahan Hovanisian, said recently of the unformed commission "It will
only serve the purposes of Turks who wish to deny the reality of the
Armenian genocide." He then went on to add "The forming of such a
commission would mean that even Armenians didn't know what happened
in 1915."
And so, once again, it becomes clear that neither Armenia nor Armenians
in the diaspora actually have any real interest in what really happened
in 1915. There is only one aspect of this all which really concerns
them: officially registering Turks as genocide makers!
This should also highlight for us the fact that our traditional
"let's leave this subject to the historians" suggestion will never
receive a real answer. The Armenians, after all, are well aware of how
their campaign, which they have carried on for years now, has helped
them. They know well that real debate on research on the subject of
the genocide allegations will only damage their campaign.
Which is why they will never agree to it.
And this, I maintain, should show Turkey which road it should take
from now on: the parallel but opposite road that the Armenians are
taking! We need to start up a public relations campaign which involves
all sorts of historical documents. It should be a campaign which
involves not only the government, but civil society organizations
too. I have been saying and writing this for years, and what I just
don't understand is whether it is our brains or a lack of money which
is holding us back on such a campaign.
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet, Turkey
Oct 26 2006
The Anadolu news agency has reported that the Armenian parliament
has shelved a suggestion to form a commission dealing with genocide
allegations and research. Deputy head of the Armenian parliament,
Vahan Hovanisian, said recently of the unformed commission "It will
only serve the purposes of Turks who wish to deny the reality of the
Armenian genocide." He then went on to add "The forming of such a
commission would mean that even Armenians didn't know what happened
in 1915."
And so, once again, it becomes clear that neither Armenia nor Armenians
in the diaspora actually have any real interest in what really happened
in 1915. There is only one aspect of this all which really concerns
them: officially registering Turks as genocide makers!
This should also highlight for us the fact that our traditional
"let's leave this subject to the historians" suggestion will never
receive a real answer. The Armenians, after all, are well aware of how
their campaign, which they have carried on for years now, has helped
them. They know well that real debate on research on the subject of
the genocide allegations will only damage their campaign.
Which is why they will never agree to it.
And this, I maintain, should show Turkey which road it should take
from now on: the parallel but opposite road that the Armenians are
taking! We need to start up a public relations campaign which involves
all sorts of historical documents. It should be a campaign which
involves not only the government, but civil society organizations
too. I have been saying and writing this for years, and what I just
don't understand is whether it is our brains or a lack of money which
is holding us back on such a campaign.
From: Baghdasarian