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VICE PREMIER OF TURKEY CALLS GENOCIDE OF ARMENIANS OF 1915 'COMMON TRAGEDY' OF ARMENIANS AND TURKS
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Wednesday, August 8, 15:21
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bulent Arinc and representatives of
the national minorities of Turkey have discussed the Armenian Genocide
in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 among other issues.
Turkish media reports that Bulent Arinc called the Armenian Genocide
"a common tragedy" also during the meeting with the leadership of
the Armenian community fund.
"Our peoples became witnesses of hard times, collapse of the empire,
world wars, incidents in Trabzon and Malatia, assassination of Hrant
Dink. The tragedy of 1915 is our common tragedy that affected both
the Armenians and the Turks. We do not want to experience such times
again," Bulent Arinc said. Representatives of the Armenian, Greek
and Jewish communities of Turkey were present at the meeting.
From: A. Papazian
arminfo
Wednesday, August 8, 15:21
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bulent Arinc and representatives of
the national minorities of Turkey have discussed the Armenian Genocide
in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 among other issues.
Turkish media reports that Bulent Arinc called the Armenian Genocide
"a common tragedy" also during the meeting with the leadership of
the Armenian community fund.
"Our peoples became witnesses of hard times, collapse of the empire,
world wars, incidents in Trabzon and Malatia, assassination of Hrant
Dink. The tragedy of 1915 is our common tragedy that affected both
the Armenians and the Turks. We do not want to experience such times
again," Bulent Arinc said. Representatives of the Armenian, Greek
and Jewish communities of Turkey were present at the meeting.
From: A. Papazian