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"TARAF" COLUMNIST ACCUSES TURKEY IN BLACKING OUT INFORMATION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
19:12, 25 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: Lately Turkish columnists are
frequently referring to the position of former and current Turkish
governments over Armenian Genocide. This time the issue was highlighted
my "Taraf" columnist Serdar Gaya.
As reports Armenpress referring to "Marmara" daily, published in
Istanbul, in his article Gaya has reminded that in 1915 Young Turks
deported or massacred the majority of Armenians living in Anatolia
eliminating thousands of Armenians living in this area for years.
"Even though year after year Anatolia's Muslims lived with Armenians
they very easily forgot Armenians. Armenians, as well as their
villages and churches very quickly vanished from their memory,"
writes columnist. He highlights only after 1973 numerous demands
on recognizing Armenian Genocide made Turkey "remember" its past
with Armenians.
"For Turkish Armenian identity is nothing else but a political meaning
formed with sense of hostility," Gayan writes.
Columnist refers to UN Declaration on Genocide signed by Turkey
in 1950, underlining that Turkish side signed the document without
acknowledging the meaning of word "genocide". For such a situation
he accused Turkish state which "blocked all sources of information".
"That is why Turkish citizens are surprised and then angry when hearing
about events of 1915," Gayan writes, adding that reaction of Turkish
residents is not surprising when facing the issue of Kurdish Genocide
committed on physical or cultural territories.
From: A. Papazian
19:12, 25 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: Lately Turkish columnists are
frequently referring to the position of former and current Turkish
governments over Armenian Genocide. This time the issue was highlighted
my "Taraf" columnist Serdar Gaya.
As reports Armenpress referring to "Marmara" daily, published in
Istanbul, in his article Gaya has reminded that in 1915 Young Turks
deported or massacred the majority of Armenians living in Anatolia
eliminating thousands of Armenians living in this area for years.
"Even though year after year Anatolia's Muslims lived with Armenians
they very easily forgot Armenians. Armenians, as well as their
villages and churches very quickly vanished from their memory,"
writes columnist. He highlights only after 1973 numerous demands
on recognizing Armenian Genocide made Turkey "remember" its past
with Armenians.
"For Turkish Armenian identity is nothing else but a political meaning
formed with sense of hostility," Gayan writes.
Columnist refers to UN Declaration on Genocide signed by Turkey
in 1950, underlining that Turkish side signed the document without
acknowledging the meaning of word "genocide". For such a situation
he accused Turkish state which "blocked all sources of information".
"That is why Turkish citizens are surprised and then angry when hearing
about events of 1915," Gayan writes, adding that reaction of Turkish
residents is not surprising when facing the issue of Kurdish Genocide
committed on physical or cultural territories.
From: A. Papazian