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US WELCOMES TURKISH PM'S ARMENIA 1915 ANNOUNCEMENT
Turkish Press
April 24 2014
By Michael Hernandez, Wednesday, April 23, 2014
"We welcome Prime Minister Erdogan's historic public acknowledgement
of the suffering that Armenians experienced in 1915"
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. has welcomed a recent statement by
the Turkish Prime Minister in which he offered condolences to the
descendants of Armenians killed during World War I.
"We welcome Prime Minister Erdogan's historic public acknowledgement
of the suffering that Armenians experienced in 1915," said Jen Psaki,
the State Department spokeswoman. "We believe this is a positive
indication that there can be a full, frank and just acknowledgement
of the facts, which we hope will advance the cause of reconciliation
between Turks and Armenians."
Exactly what unfolded in 1915 continues to be a contentious issue
between Turkey and Armenia that has proven a spoiler in relations
between the two neighbors.
Armenia and the Armenian diaspora claim that nothing short of genocide
occurred at the hands of Ottoman authorities under a deportation order
of a part of the ethnic Armenians in the then-empire. But Turkey says
that both Turks and Armenians died during clashes between Ottoman
forces and armed Armenian groups backed by Russia.
Earlier Wednesday Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister,
released a statement in nine languages, including Armenian, in which
he termed the events of 1915 as "inhumane."
From: Baghdasarian
Turkish Press
April 24 2014
By Michael Hernandez, Wednesday, April 23, 2014
"We welcome Prime Minister Erdogan's historic public acknowledgement
of the suffering that Armenians experienced in 1915"
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. has welcomed a recent statement by
the Turkish Prime Minister in which he offered condolences to the
descendants of Armenians killed during World War I.
"We welcome Prime Minister Erdogan's historic public acknowledgement
of the suffering that Armenians experienced in 1915," said Jen Psaki,
the State Department spokeswoman. "We believe this is a positive
indication that there can be a full, frank and just acknowledgement
of the facts, which we hope will advance the cause of reconciliation
between Turks and Armenians."
Exactly what unfolded in 1915 continues to be a contentious issue
between Turkey and Armenia that has proven a spoiler in relations
between the two neighbors.
Armenia and the Armenian diaspora claim that nothing short of genocide
occurred at the hands of Ottoman authorities under a deportation order
of a part of the ethnic Armenians in the then-empire. But Turkey says
that both Turks and Armenians died during clashes between Ottoman
forces and armed Armenian groups backed by Russia.
Earlier Wednesday Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister,
released a statement in nine languages, including Armenian, in which
he termed the events of 1915 as "inhumane."
From: Baghdasarian