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TURKEY'S CURRENT POLICY IS MORE PERILOUS THAN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL - HISTORIAN
April 22, 2014 | 10:47
YEREVAN. - Certain tactical changes have occurred in Turkey's policy
toward Armenian Genocide recognition. Turkey attempts to portray
itself to the world community as a country that is ready for dialogue,
thus attempting to prevent the genocide's international recognition.
Historian Arsen Avagyan told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In his view, the situation in Turkey has changed over the past twenty
years. The Armenian Genocide issue is discussed more frequently and
openly, and it is no longer a taboo in the country.
"But we should not forget that the majority of Turkish society is
conservative and nationalist. As such, the genocide's recognition is
difficult, since the Armenian Genocide is linked not solely to the
massacres of the Greeks and the Assyrians, but to the foundation of
[modern-day] Turkey, the nationalist struggle of this country,"
Avagyan noted.
In the historian's words, Turkey FM Ahmet Davutoglu states that he
is not an FM who does not recognize the genocide.
"[But] he calls the Armenian Genocide a mere tragedy, which is not
recognition. In my opinion, this likewise is a long-term objective
of sidetracking the world community from the problems; that is, to
announce that there is a process of reconciliation with [Turkey's]
own history, and the Armenian Genocide's international recognition
will hinder this process," Arsen Avagyan stressed.
As per the historian, this is a more perilous policy than the simple
denial of the Armenian Genocide.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
April 22, 2014 | 10:47
YEREVAN. - Certain tactical changes have occurred in Turkey's policy
toward Armenian Genocide recognition. Turkey attempts to portray
itself to the world community as a country that is ready for dialogue,
thus attempting to prevent the genocide's international recognition.
Historian Arsen Avagyan told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In his view, the situation in Turkey has changed over the past twenty
years. The Armenian Genocide issue is discussed more frequently and
openly, and it is no longer a taboo in the country.
"But we should not forget that the majority of Turkish society is
conservative and nationalist. As such, the genocide's recognition is
difficult, since the Armenian Genocide is linked not solely to the
massacres of the Greeks and the Assyrians, but to the foundation of
[modern-day] Turkey, the nationalist struggle of this country,"
Avagyan noted.
In the historian's words, Turkey FM Ahmet Davutoglu states that he
is not an FM who does not recognize the genocide.
"[But] he calls the Armenian Genocide a mere tragedy, which is not
recognition. In my opinion, this likewise is a long-term objective
of sidetracking the world community from the problems; that is, to
announce that there is a process of reconciliation with [Turkey's]
own history, and the Armenian Genocide's international recognition
will hinder this process," Arsen Avagyan stressed.
As per the historian, this is a more perilous policy than the simple
denial of the Armenian Genocide.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am