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  • EAFJD: On Erdogan's Message To The Armenians

    EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION
    For Justice and Democracy
    Avenue de la Renaissance 10
    Bruxelles, 1000
    Belgique

    Tel./Fax : +32 (0) 2 732 70 26 / 27
    E-mail : [email protected]
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    Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan's message to the Armenian
    people on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
    (http://www.basbakanlik.gov.tr/Forms/_Article/pg_Article.aspx?Id=e11bde56-a0b7-4ea6-8a9a-954c68157df9) is nothing more than Turkey's renewed
    denial tactics under international pressure to accept her past and
    reconcile with it - especially with the centenary of the Armenian
    Genocide approaching. Though unprecedented the message, it is nothing
    more than a try to obstruct the international recognition and
    condemnation of Turkey for what it did to the Armenians, beginning April
    24, 1915. By once again stating "the establishment of a joint historical
    commission in order to study the events of 1915 in a scholarly manner"
    Erdogan is omitting what independent scholars and academics have
    classified the "events" as Genocide.

    By putting the extermination of the Armenians in the overall context of
    the losses of the Ottoman Empire, and conveying his condolences to the
    grandchildren of those perished, Erdogan rather than offering them
    peace, is insulting their memory. The massacres of the Armenian people
    in their historical lands were centrally planned and executed
    meticulously, even after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. If the Prime
    Minister of Turkey wants to convey his condolences, he firstly needs to
    acknowledge that there was an Armenian Genocide committed by Turkey.

    "There can be reconciliation and peace between the two nations, between
    Turks and Armenians, only when Turkey accepts her genocidal past,
    condemns it, and pays the necessary reparations to the Armenian people,
    financial and territorial", said European Armenian Federation for
    Justice and Democracy President, Kaspar Karampetian, and concluded "all
    the rest is just talk and a continuation of Turkey's denial of the
    Armenian Genocide".

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