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Assyrian International News Agency AINA
May 22 2013
Scholar: Turkey's Rejection of Genocide Evolves Into Mythmaking Process
Posted GMT 5-22-2013 18:4:3
Turkey has 'condemned' a move by the New South Wales Parliament to
recognize as genocide the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek deaths during
the Ottoman rule, the Assyrian International News Agency reported.
The Turkish Consul General in Sydney Gulseren Celik said "it's not up
to individual governments to pass judgment on historical events that
occurred outside of Australia."
Meanwhile, professor Vrasidas Karalis of The University of Sydney said
Turkey's stance fails to bring justice to the millions of victims.
"Who is going to bring some justice and closure to the victims and the
descendants of the victims?" he said. "I think Turkey at this very
moment, with its very sterile rejection of every allegation, evolves
into a sort of mythmaking process for the state instead of looking to
the past with a fair and honest appreciation of what happened."
http://www.aina.org/news/20130522130403.htm
May 22 2013
Scholar: Turkey's Rejection of Genocide Evolves Into Mythmaking Process
Posted GMT 5-22-2013 18:4:3
Turkey has 'condemned' a move by the New South Wales Parliament to
recognize as genocide the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek deaths during
the Ottoman rule, the Assyrian International News Agency reported.
The Turkish Consul General in Sydney Gulseren Celik said "it's not up
to individual governments to pass judgment on historical events that
occurred outside of Australia."
Meanwhile, professor Vrasidas Karalis of The University of Sydney said
Turkey's stance fails to bring justice to the millions of victims.
"Who is going to bring some justice and closure to the victims and the
descendants of the victims?" he said. "I think Turkey at this very
moment, with its very sterile rejection of every allegation, evolves
into a sort of mythmaking process for the state instead of looking to
the past with a fair and honest appreciation of what happened."
http://www.aina.org/news/20130522130403.htm