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    ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SAYS TROUBLESOME DAYS SHOULD BE LEFT ASIDE

    Anadolu Agency
    Nov 29 2011
    Turkey

    The acting patriarch of Turkish Armenians said on Tuesday that
    troublesome days of the past should be left aside.

    Aram Atesyan said that he was sorry to hear the word "minority", and
    Turkish and Armenian peoples had lived together on these territories
    for centuries as members of two different religions and communities.

    "Even though some circles have caused disturbance in this country,
    it is time that we left them aside and return to good old days,"
    Atesyan said as he met Mehmet Gormez, the chairperson of Turkish
    Religious Affairs Directorate, in Ankara.

    This is Atesyan's first official visit to the Religious Affairs
    Directorate.

    "Today, during the rule of this government, we see that there is
    nothing like minority. There is no Armenian, Greek Orthodox or Syriac
    people, but there are the children of these soils," Atesyan said.

    Also speaking in the meeting, Gormez said the Religious Affairs
    Directorate had always wished to have good relations with communities
    in Turkey.

    "We are the children of a common civilization, history and culture
    that embraced different religions, cultures and civilizations in
    peace on these territories even in days when it was too difficult
    for different identities to co-exist in the world," Gormez said.


    From: Baghdasarian
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