TURKEY SET TO STEP UP ITS ANTI-ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA AS THE CENTENARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE NEARING, EXPERT SAYS
YEREVAN, September 18. / ARKA /. Turkey is set to step up its
anti-Armenian propaganda as the centenary of the Armenian genocide
to be marked in 2015 is nearing, Artak Shakaryan, an Armenian expert
in Turkic studies, said today.
He said because of Turkey's indirect involvement in the Syrian crisis
and the Kurdish question the government in Ankara is not paying
enough attention currently to the anti-Armenian propaganda. "However,
there are special academic institutions and persons who are closely
involved in this. I think, on the eve of the centenary Ankara will
intensify its anti-Armenian propaganda," he said.
According to him, as the date is nearing Turkey will also increase
pressure on Armenia regarding the Nagorno -Karabakh conflict.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century.
Turkey has been denying it for decades. The Armenian genocide
was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay
that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy,
Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela,
Argentina, 42 U.S. states. The Armenian Genocide was recognized
by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of
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YEREVAN, September 18. / ARKA /. Turkey is set to step up its
anti-Armenian propaganda as the centenary of the Armenian genocide
to be marked in 2015 is nearing, Artak Shakaryan, an Armenian expert
in Turkic studies, said today.
He said because of Turkey's indirect involvement in the Syrian crisis
and the Kurdish question the government in Ankara is not paying
enough attention currently to the anti-Armenian propaganda. "However,
there are special academic institutions and persons who are closely
involved in this. I think, on the eve of the centenary Ankara will
intensify its anti-Armenian propaganda," he said.
According to him, as the date is nearing Turkey will also increase
pressure on Armenia regarding the Nagorno -Karabakh conflict.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century.
Turkey has been denying it for decades. The Armenian genocide
was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay
that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy,
Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela,
Argentina, 42 U.S. states. The Armenian Genocide was recognized
by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of
Churches and other international organizations. -0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/turkey_set_to_step_up_its_anti_armenian_propaganda _as_the_centenary_of_armenian_genocide_nearing_exp/#sthash.WOUYeI6R.dpuf