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    CONDOLENCES FOR ARMENIAN KILLINGS

    The Herald, Scotland
    April 24 2014

    ANKARA

    Thursday 24 April 2014

    Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has offered what the government
    said are unprecedented condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians
    killed in the First World War by Ottoman soldiers.

    Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has offered what the government
    said are unprecedented condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians
    killed in the First World War by Ottoman soldiers.

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    In a statement issued on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the deaths,
    Mr Erdogan unexpectedly described the events of 1915 as "inhumane",
    using more conciliatory language than has often been the case for
    Turkish leaders.

    A Turkish Government official said it was the first time a Turkish
    prime ­minister had offered such explicit condolences, but it was
    not immediately clear if it would be enough to bring about a thaw in
    relations between Ankara and its neighbour.

    The exact nature and scale of what happened during fighting that
    started in 1915 is highly contentious and continues to sour relations
    between Turkey and Armenia, a former Soviet republic. Turkey accepts
    that many Armenians died in clashes, but denies up to 1.5 million
    were killed and that this constituted genocide.

    Mr Erdogan's statement - unusually released in nine different languages
    including Armenian - repeated previous calls for dialogue between
    the two countries, and the setting up of a historical commission to
    probe events surrounding the killings.

    "It is with this hope and belief that we wish that the Armenians who
    lost their lives in the context of the early 20th century rest in
    peace, and we convey our condolences to their grandchildren," he said.

    "Having experienced events which had inhumane consequences - such as
    ­relocation - during the First World War, should not prevent Turks and
    Armenians from establishing compassion and mutually humane attitudes
    among towards one another."

    http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/condolences-for-armenian-killings.24035555

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