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SARKOZY WOULD BETTER LOOK HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR - DAVUOGLU
Tert.am
07.10.11
The Turkish authorities keep slamming French President Nicolas Sarkozy
for statement on the Armenian Genocide.
According to Anadolu new agency, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has
voiced strong criticism over Sarkozy's call for Genocide recognition.
Instead of urging Turkey to challenge its history, the French president
would better look himself in the mirror, Davutoglu said, addressing
Sarkozy's statement in Yerevan.
Davutoglu said the French leader's posture negatively affects the
Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.
"The countries which implemented colonial policies in the past and
whose authorities permanently kept aloof of the society, considering
citizens lower class representatives do not have the right to advise
Turkey to face its history," he said. "Turkey faces its history and
its past, so we do not have any problem with that. Our history shows
that the Armenians and Turks co-existed for centuries, living in
the same towns and districts, and even sharing the same culture. By
saying Turkish architecture, we also mean our Armenian brothers'
legacy in its development."
The Turkish official called on France to face its own history to
promote world peace.
Earlier, Turkey's EU Integration Minister Egemen Bagish had criticized
Sarkozy's statement.
Tert.am
07.10.11
The Turkish authorities keep slamming French President Nicolas Sarkozy
for statement on the Armenian Genocide.
According to Anadolu new agency, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has
voiced strong criticism over Sarkozy's call for Genocide recognition.
Instead of urging Turkey to challenge its history, the French president
would better look himself in the mirror, Davutoglu said, addressing
Sarkozy's statement in Yerevan.
Davutoglu said the French leader's posture negatively affects the
Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.
"The countries which implemented colonial policies in the past and
whose authorities permanently kept aloof of the society, considering
citizens lower class representatives do not have the right to advise
Turkey to face its history," he said. "Turkey faces its history and
its past, so we do not have any problem with that. Our history shows
that the Armenians and Turks co-existed for centuries, living in
the same towns and districts, and even sharing the same culture. By
saying Turkish architecture, we also mean our Armenian brothers'
legacy in its development."
The Turkish official called on France to face its own history to
promote world peace.
Earlier, Turkey's EU Integration Minister Egemen Bagish had criticized
Sarkozy's statement.