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MASTERMINDS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WERE "PATRIOTS" - TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF
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May 20, 2011 | 13:12
Speaking on the occasion of the Day of Youth and Sports, Chief of
General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces Isik Kosaner criticized the
condemnation of masterminds of Armenian Genocide by Turkish Government
of the time.
General Kosaner stressed that many Turkish "patriots" were vainly
punished for neglect and ill-treatment during the deportation of
Armenians. Nowadays the struggle of Ataturk and his associates is
portrayed differently in an effort to re-write the history, he added.
"To please the national minorities, their representatives are being
appointed to a variety of positions without imposing compulsory use
of Turkish. In any case historic events may recur and we have to draw
lessons from our history," said the Chief of Turkish General Staff.
In 1919 the organizers of Armenian Genocide were condemned in absentia
to death in Istanbul. Some Turkish officials were condemned with
varying rates of punishment, however got released in a short notice.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
May 20, 2011 | 13:12
Speaking on the occasion of the Day of Youth and Sports, Chief of
General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces Isik Kosaner criticized the
condemnation of masterminds of Armenian Genocide by Turkish Government
of the time.
General Kosaner stressed that many Turkish "patriots" were vainly
punished for neglect and ill-treatment during the deportation of
Armenians. Nowadays the struggle of Ataturk and his associates is
portrayed differently in an effort to re-write the history, he added.
"To please the national minorities, their representatives are being
appointed to a variety of positions without imposing compulsory use
of Turkish. In any case historic events may recur and we have to draw
lessons from our history," said the Chief of Turkish General Staff.
In 1919 the organizers of Armenian Genocide were condemned in absentia
to death in Istanbul. Some Turkish officials were condemned with
varying rates of punishment, however got released in a short notice.
From: Baghdasarian