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TURKISH PUBLICIST CALLS FOR APOLOGIZING TO ARMENIANS
Tert.am
10.04.12
Turkey should apologize to the Armenians for the Genocide and seek
legislative measures towards providing financial redress, a Turkish
intellectual has claimed.
In a recent article published in Radikal daily, Orhan Kemal Cengiz, a
renowned journalist and publicist says that holding Turkey accountable
for the1915 Genocide is no longer possible given that none of its
perpetrators is alive. Instead, he proposes that the country admit
and condemn the tragedy.
"Turkey can say, for instance. that the 1915 events constituted one of
the biggest tragedies against the mankind, and we admit the fact. We
condemn its organizer, the regime led by the Union and Progress party,
and apologize to our Armenian brothers, and their descendents,"
he says.
Considering apologies not enough, he then calls for exploring
possibilities of redress, proposing an individual, case-by-case
approach to the issue.
Cengiz claims that Turkey can easily negotiate and sign an
international document with the United States, EU and Armenia,
agreeing to give the Armenians compensation for their lost property
in the Ottoman Empire.
"By doing it, [Turkey] will cease cutting a humble figure. We need to
put aside the denial policy and take a sober approach to the tragedy
of the Armenians deported from the Ottoman Empire. We need, first of
all, to square accounts with ourselves and be decent. All the rest
is easy to overcome," he concludes.
Tert.am
10.04.12
Turkey should apologize to the Armenians for the Genocide and seek
legislative measures towards providing financial redress, a Turkish
intellectual has claimed.
In a recent article published in Radikal daily, Orhan Kemal Cengiz, a
renowned journalist and publicist says that holding Turkey accountable
for the1915 Genocide is no longer possible given that none of its
perpetrators is alive. Instead, he proposes that the country admit
and condemn the tragedy.
"Turkey can say, for instance. that the 1915 events constituted one of
the biggest tragedies against the mankind, and we admit the fact. We
condemn its organizer, the regime led by the Union and Progress party,
and apologize to our Armenian brothers, and their descendents,"
he says.
Considering apologies not enough, he then calls for exploring
possibilities of redress, proposing an individual, case-by-case
approach to the issue.
Cengiz claims that Turkey can easily negotiate and sign an
international document with the United States, EU and Armenia,
agreeing to give the Armenians compensation for their lost property
in the Ottoman Empire.
"By doing it, [Turkey] will cease cutting a humble figure. We need to
put aside the denial policy and take a sober approach to the tragedy
of the Armenians deported from the Ottoman Empire. We need, first of
all, to square accounts with ourselves and be decent. All the rest
is easy to overcome," he concludes.