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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
April 25 2014
CHP joins criticism of Obama's Armenia statement
ANKARA
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) joined the Turkish
Foreign Ministry yesterday in criticizing U.S. President Barack
Obama's annual April 24 statement marking the events of 1915.
CHP has voiced disapproval of Obama's statement, arguing that it was
neither helpful for Armenians nor for Turks in reaching an eventual
reconciliation in the interpretation of historical facts.
`This statement, aiming to pet the feelings of one side, will not be
helping to create a common understanding and memory through dialogue
and to settle peaceful relations in the future, by confronting the
disputed common past between Turks and Armenians,' CHP's deputy leader
Faruk LoÄ?oÄ?lu said in a written statement released yesterday.
Commemorating the 98th anniversary of mass killings of the Anatolian
Armenians during World War I, Obama deemed them `Meds Yeghern' (great
calamity), as he avoided the term `genocide' at the cost of
disappointing Armenians, particularly the U.S.-based Armenian
diaspora.
LoÄ?oÄ?lu said that Obama had once again supported the Armenian
accusations launched against the Turks over history and his words were
far from reflecting the reality. The relationship between Turkey and
Armenia must be handled by remedying the bilateral and regional
problems, and third parties should only be involved in encouraging
such endeavors, he added.
Becoming first to criticize Obama's statement, the Turkish Foreign
Ministry said the U.S. president's approach only reflected Armenian
views.
`Issued under the influence of domestic political considerations and
interpreting controversial historical events on the basis of one-sided
information and with a selective sense of justice, such statements
damage both Turkish-American relations, and also render it more
difficult for Turks and Armenians to reach a just memory,' the
statement read.
`Our expectation from an important ally of Turkey such as the U.S. is
... to encourage the Armenian side, which avoids objective and
scientific research of the issue, to be more realistic and
conciliatory,' the statement added, noting the readiness of Turkey for
the investigation of history.
April/25/2013
April 25 2014
CHP joins criticism of Obama's Armenia statement
ANKARA
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) joined the Turkish
Foreign Ministry yesterday in criticizing U.S. President Barack
Obama's annual April 24 statement marking the events of 1915.
CHP has voiced disapproval of Obama's statement, arguing that it was
neither helpful for Armenians nor for Turks in reaching an eventual
reconciliation in the interpretation of historical facts.
`This statement, aiming to pet the feelings of one side, will not be
helping to create a common understanding and memory through dialogue
and to settle peaceful relations in the future, by confronting the
disputed common past between Turks and Armenians,' CHP's deputy leader
Faruk LoÄ?oÄ?lu said in a written statement released yesterday.
Commemorating the 98th anniversary of mass killings of the Anatolian
Armenians during World War I, Obama deemed them `Meds Yeghern' (great
calamity), as he avoided the term `genocide' at the cost of
disappointing Armenians, particularly the U.S.-based Armenian
diaspora.
LoÄ?oÄ?lu said that Obama had once again supported the Armenian
accusations launched against the Turks over history and his words were
far from reflecting the reality. The relationship between Turkey and
Armenia must be handled by remedying the bilateral and regional
problems, and third parties should only be involved in encouraging
such endeavors, he added.
Becoming first to criticize Obama's statement, the Turkish Foreign
Ministry said the U.S. president's approach only reflected Armenian
views.
`Issued under the influence of domestic political considerations and
interpreting controversial historical events on the basis of one-sided
information and with a selective sense of justice, such statements
damage both Turkish-American relations, and also render it more
difficult for Turks and Armenians to reach a just memory,' the
statement read.
`Our expectation from an important ally of Turkey such as the U.S. is
... to encourage the Armenian side, which avoids objective and
scientific research of the issue, to be more realistic and
conciliatory,' the statement added, noting the readiness of Turkey for
the investigation of history.
April/25/2013