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TURKISH FM CALLS 1915 DEPORTATION OF ARMENIANS 'INHUMANE'
ANSA Med, Italy
Dec 13 2013
Expresses hope for a 'just memory' after Yerevan meeting
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, DECEMBER 13 - The deportation of hundreds
of thousands of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 was "inhumane", said
Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The remark was made on
his return from Armenia's capital, Yerevan, where he took part in
a regional cooperation conference on Thursday. A 2009 agreement for
the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia has not yet
been implemented. Ankara and Yerevan have opposing standpoints on the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian diaspora's
demand that there be official recognition of the 1915-1917 "genocide"
in Turkey during the last years of the Ottoman Empire.
Ankara has always refused to agree to the using the term 'genocide'
to refer to the killing of about 1.5 million Armenians. Davutoglu,
who met with his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandian in Yerevan,
told reporters that the Turkish government "does not approve in
any way of the deportations" of Armenians, and that he hoped that a
collective consciousness between the two countries could be created
with a "just memory". Hurriyet Online reports that the Turkish minister
admitted that the deportations of Armenians a century ago had been a
"totally wrong practice". (ANSAmed).
ANSA Med, Italy
Dec 13 2013
Expresses hope for a 'just memory' after Yerevan meeting
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, DECEMBER 13 - The deportation of hundreds
of thousands of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 was "inhumane", said
Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The remark was made on
his return from Armenia's capital, Yerevan, where he took part in
a regional cooperation conference on Thursday. A 2009 agreement for
the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia has not yet
been implemented. Ankara and Yerevan have opposing standpoints on the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian diaspora's
demand that there be official recognition of the 1915-1917 "genocide"
in Turkey during the last years of the Ottoman Empire.
Ankara has always refused to agree to the using the term 'genocide'
to refer to the killing of about 1.5 million Armenians. Davutoglu,
who met with his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandian in Yerevan,
told reporters that the Turkish government "does not approve in
any way of the deportations" of Armenians, and that he hoped that a
collective consciousness between the two countries could be created
with a "just memory". Hurriyet Online reports that the Turkish minister
admitted that the deportations of Armenians a century ago had been a
"totally wrong practice". (ANSAmed).