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Anadolu Agency, Turkey
Oct 7 2011
Turkey defies Sarkozy's remarks about Armenia
ANKARA (A.A) -Turkey on Friday rejected French President Nicolas
Sarkozy's remarks over the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire as
"inconsistent and imprudent."
Sarkozy, visiting Armenia on Thursday and Friday, the French leader
had urged Turkey to review its history and recognize the Armenian
allegations regarding the incidents of 1915 by the end of his own term
of office. The French president also said that he would be in favour
of taking further steps to support Armenian claims if Turkey fails to
do that.
"Attempts to exploit controversies between Turkey and Armenia by third
parties for their domestic political agenda and even to see in
themselves the right to connect this to their electoral calendar point
to a misperception of their own political power. The French people
will judge whether such approaches, based on electoral calculations,
are compatible with the French democratic culture and state
tradition," Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
"Such an inconsistent and imprudent handling of this serious matter
that has human and moral dimensions is unfortunate. Political
declarations based on one-sided information and reflecting accusatory
judgments regarding historical events are very far from the fair
approach that this issue requires and demonstrate a failure to even
comprehend Turkey's approach on the matter. This painful part of our
long history with the Armenians can be freely debated in Turkey,
unlike in some countries that are party to this issue or others that
are not, including France.
"Turkey will continue its constructive approach on how to improve its
relations with Armenia, overcome the controversy over the events of
1915 and reach a just memory.
"What is expected from France is to make a positive contribution to
this process and to adopt a responsible approach and discourse that
would show care to avoid both damaging the multi-dimensional
relationship between Turkey and France and offending the Turkish
community in France," the ministry said.
Oct 7 2011
Turkey defies Sarkozy's remarks about Armenia
ANKARA (A.A) -Turkey on Friday rejected French President Nicolas
Sarkozy's remarks over the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire as
"inconsistent and imprudent."
Sarkozy, visiting Armenia on Thursday and Friday, the French leader
had urged Turkey to review its history and recognize the Armenian
allegations regarding the incidents of 1915 by the end of his own term
of office. The French president also said that he would be in favour
of taking further steps to support Armenian claims if Turkey fails to
do that.
"Attempts to exploit controversies between Turkey and Armenia by third
parties for their domestic political agenda and even to see in
themselves the right to connect this to their electoral calendar point
to a misperception of their own political power. The French people
will judge whether such approaches, based on electoral calculations,
are compatible with the French democratic culture and state
tradition," Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
"Such an inconsistent and imprudent handling of this serious matter
that has human and moral dimensions is unfortunate. Political
declarations based on one-sided information and reflecting accusatory
judgments regarding historical events are very far from the fair
approach that this issue requires and demonstrate a failure to even
comprehend Turkey's approach on the matter. This painful part of our
long history with the Armenians can be freely debated in Turkey,
unlike in some countries that are party to this issue or others that
are not, including France.
"Turkey will continue its constructive approach on how to improve its
relations with Armenia, overcome the controversy over the events of
1915 and reach a just memory.
"What is expected from France is to make a positive contribution to
this process and to adopt a responsible approach and discourse that
would show care to avoid both damaging the multi-dimensional
relationship between Turkey and France and offending the Turkish
community in France," the ministry said.