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TURKISH PM SAYS ARMENIANS LIVING IN TURKEY PROVES THERE WAS NO GENOCIDE
16:59 29.04.2014
Armenian Genocide, Turkey
Only a week after expressing condolences for the 1915 deportation and
killings of Armenians, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
said the small Armenian community still living in Turkey was proof that
there was no genocide in the past, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Speaking in an interview with Charlie Rose from PBS, Erdogan said
what happened in 1915 could not be described as "genocide."
"This is not possible. Because if there were a genocide, there would
not be Armenians still living in Turkey," Erdogan said, reiterating
that Ankara was ready to open its historical archives.
"We see genocide as a crime against humanity. We will never shut our
eyes to it. We are ready to open our archives. Armenia and other third
party countries should do it too," he said, adding if documents prove
it, then Turkey would apologize.
"These events did not happen under the Turkish Republic, but the
Ottoman Empire. If the documents show it, then we will not avoid
apologizing and accepting the consequences," he said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/29/turkish-pm-says-armenians-living-in-turkey-proves-there-was-no-genocide/
16:59 29.04.2014
Armenian Genocide, Turkey
Only a week after expressing condolences for the 1915 deportation and
killings of Armenians, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
said the small Armenian community still living in Turkey was proof that
there was no genocide in the past, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Speaking in an interview with Charlie Rose from PBS, Erdogan said
what happened in 1915 could not be described as "genocide."
"This is not possible. Because if there were a genocide, there would
not be Armenians still living in Turkey," Erdogan said, reiterating
that Ankara was ready to open its historical archives.
"We see genocide as a crime against humanity. We will never shut our
eyes to it. We are ready to open our archives. Armenia and other third
party countries should do it too," he said, adding if documents prove
it, then Turkey would apologize.
"These events did not happen under the Turkish Republic, but the
Ottoman Empire. If the documents show it, then we will not avoid
apologizing and accepting the consequences," he said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/29/turkish-pm-says-armenians-living-in-turkey-proves-there-was-no-genocide/