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    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    Dec 23 2011


    Turkish-Armenians chide Ankara, Paris
    ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News


    Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu

    Turkey's Armenian community wants the events of 1915 to be discussed
    in the Turkish Parliament rather than in other countries, Istanbul
    Armenians have said, criticizing both Paris and Ankara for using the
    community's pain for their own benefit.

    `We want the issue to be debated in the Turkish Parliament. It hurts
    us when [the matter] is spoken about in other countries and our pain
    is used for political gain,' Istanbul Armenian community member Garo
    Paylan told the Hürriyet Daily News on behalf of a group that released
    a press statement on the issue.

    `Turkey has been hurling threats at France for days. Does it not
    constitute an ethical crime to deny such great agony? Did we not end
    up here because of Turkey's 96-year-long denial?' Paylan said. Many
    crimes were committed due to Turkey's policies of denial in the
    aftermath of 1915, which also paved the way for the 2007 assassination
    of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian weekly
    Agos, said Paylan. Among the Istanbul Armenians who issued the press
    statement was Arat Dink, the assassinated journalist's son. `I would
    like to ask whether the preference of Hrant Dink, the final scream of
    Turkish-Armenians, not to use the term `genocide' is of the same
    caliber as others' preference not to use the term `genocide' now? Does
    Turkey still have the face to use words it cherry-picked from Hrant
    Dink for its own benefit?' Arat Dink said in an apparent reaction to
    recent statements made by the murdered journalist's brother Orhan Dink
    and which were widely covered in the Turkish press. Paylan also flatly
    criticized deputy Patriarch Archbishop Aram AteÅ?yan's recent
    statement.
    December/23/2011



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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