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ANKARA SIMULATES PUBLIC DIALOGUE WITH ARMENIA AHEAD OF GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL - EXPERT
YEREVAN, December 16. /ARKA/. A simulation of a public dialogue with
Armenia is Ankara's state policy ahead of the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian genocide, deputy dean of Oriental studies department
of the Yerevan State University Ruben Melkonyan said on the air on
Sputnik-Armenia radio channel.
There is no inter-state dialogue, and all Armenian initiatives were
stopped due to non-constructive Turkish policy, Melkonyan said as
quoted by Novosti-Armenia.
Instead, there is a dialogue simulation that is a key component of
the Turkish state policy, he said.
Turkey keeps saying the dialogue between the countries is on, using
different terms like "secret", "silent" or "public" diplomacy, and etc,
and this simulation gets support grants, the expert said.
According to Melkonyan, it is the Turkish propaganda that benefits
the best from all the grant programs ahead of the genocide centennial.
The Armenian society should be aware of the reality and should not
be misled by allegations about drastic changes taking place in Turkey
that refer to Hasan Jemal's book for instance, the expert said.
On December 11, Yerevan hosted a presentation of the Armenian version
of the book "1915: The Genocide of Armenians" authored by Hasan Jemal,
the grandson of one of the masterminds of the genocide Jemal pasha.
The publishing and dissemination rights for the book belong to "Hrant
Dink" foundation.
"One should not forget there are 77 million people living in Turkey,
and don't forget Jemal and the ones like him never get votes in
elections and do not enjoy support from the society. It is now 12
years the country has been ruled by a man who says "Sorry, but some
even say I am Armenian". They are the ones dictating the policy",
Melkonyan said.
In August 2014, the then-premier of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
in a televised interview that he was being slandered by the opposition
saying he is Georgian or Armenian.
"They called me Georgian, and even worse - they called me Armenian",
Erdogan said.
Official Ankara broke up the diplomatic relations with Armenia and
closed the border in 1993, in support of Azerbaijan in Karabakh
conflict. Another factor of tensions between the two countries is
the process of the international acknowledgement of the 1915 Armenian
genocide in Ottoman Empire. -0--
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YEREVAN, December 16. /ARKA/. A simulation of a public dialogue with
Armenia is Ankara's state policy ahead of the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian genocide, deputy dean of Oriental studies department
of the Yerevan State University Ruben Melkonyan said on the air on
Sputnik-Armenia radio channel.
There is no inter-state dialogue, and all Armenian initiatives were
stopped due to non-constructive Turkish policy, Melkonyan said as
quoted by Novosti-Armenia.
Instead, there is a dialogue simulation that is a key component of
the Turkish state policy, he said.
Turkey keeps saying the dialogue between the countries is on, using
different terms like "secret", "silent" or "public" diplomacy, and etc,
and this simulation gets support grants, the expert said.
According to Melkonyan, it is the Turkish propaganda that benefits
the best from all the grant programs ahead of the genocide centennial.
The Armenian society should be aware of the reality and should not
be misled by allegations about drastic changes taking place in Turkey
that refer to Hasan Jemal's book for instance, the expert said.
On December 11, Yerevan hosted a presentation of the Armenian version
of the book "1915: The Genocide of Armenians" authored by Hasan Jemal,
the grandson of one of the masterminds of the genocide Jemal pasha.
The publishing and dissemination rights for the book belong to "Hrant
Dink" foundation.
"One should not forget there are 77 million people living in Turkey,
and don't forget Jemal and the ones like him never get votes in
elections and do not enjoy support from the society. It is now 12
years the country has been ruled by a man who says "Sorry, but some
even say I am Armenian". They are the ones dictating the policy",
Melkonyan said.
In August 2014, the then-premier of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
in a televised interview that he was being slandered by the opposition
saying he is Georgian or Armenian.
"They called me Georgian, and even worse - they called me Armenian",
Erdogan said.
Official Ankara broke up the diplomatic relations with Armenia and
closed the border in 1993, in support of Azerbaijan in Karabakh
conflict. Another factor of tensions between the two countries is
the process of the international acknowledgement of the 1915 Armenian
genocide in Ottoman Empire. -0--
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