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    ARMENIAN INTELLECTUALS APPEAL TO GUL FOR GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

    AZG Armenian Daily
    10/12/2008

    Armenian Genocide

    Nearly 300 Armenian intellectuals and other public figures have
    appealed to Turkey to acknowledge that the 1915 mass killings of
    Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, saying that is
    a necessary condition for Turkish-Armenian reconciliation, "Azatutyun"
    radio-station reported.In an open letter to Turkish President Abdullah
    Gul made public on Tuesday, they said modern-day Turkey bears
    "hereditary responsibility" for what they consider an "monumental
    crime against humanity." "Genocide is a crime against humanity and
    present civilization values, and no individual, organization or even
    state authority can cast doubt on what happened," the letter said,
    challenging Ankara's vehement denial of any government policy to
    exterminate Ottoman Turkey's Armenian population. "Your generation
    of Turkish leaders must accept the undeniable truth and recognize
    the fact of the Armenian Genocide ... Only in that case can there
    be a sincere dialogue and a process of real reconciliation between
    our peoples," it said. The letter was apparently initiated by
    prominent writers, musicians and artists close to Armenia's ruling
    establishment, suggesting that it was approved by President Serzh
    Sarkisian. The latter has been instrumental in an unprecedented thaw
    in Turkish-Armenian relations observed in recent months. Sarkisian has
    won plaudits in the West for inviting Gul to visit Yerevan and watch
    with him a September match between Armenia's and Turkey's national
    soccer teams. The so-called "football diplomacy" was followed by
    a series of further negotiations between the Turkish and Armenian
    foreign ministers. It is still not clear, however, whether Ankara is
    ready to normalize relations with Yerevan before a resolution of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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