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TURKEY'S STATEMENT ON 1915 EVENTS NEW VERSION OF DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - PRESIDENT SARGSIAN
Interfax, Russia
July 8 2014
YEREVAN. July 8
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian thinks Ankara's announcement on
creating "a just memory" around the issue of the 1915 Armenian genocide
in the Ottoman Empire is the manifestation of the improved policy of
denying the genocide, the president's press office told Interfax.
"Today Turkish leaders are talking about the need to create 'a just
memory' between Armenians and Turks. But already their next step
is trying to undermine the justice by putting an equal mark between
1.5 million innocent victims and Turkish soldiers killed as a result
of the reckless policies of the Ottoman leaders. This is no 'just'
memory. We cannot accept this kind of 'justice.' In fact, it is an
updated, improved, newly-packaged version of the policy of denying the
Armenian genocide," Sargsian said at a meeting with representatives
of the Armenian community in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, according to
his press office.
The day is near when "Turkey finds itself face to face with its own
history," he said. "The Turkish leaders will thus free their people
from the heavy burden they have had to carry for a whole century now.
I think this will be largely facilitated by the rising public
self-awareness in Turkey in the face of its young and educated
generation which already thinks it better to apologize rather than
shamefully disavow the past," Sargsian said.
He also said that Armenia will continue its consolidated efforts to
secure international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
genocide.
Earlier Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that a new
era will begin in the Armenian-Turkish relations, if politicians and
intelligentsia do their part to overcome the psychological barrier
on both sides and build "a just memory."
"An unjust memory was created around the 1915 events, and for the
Turks and Armenians to understand what they had to go through, they
need to respect the memory of one another. For the Armenians, 1915 was
the year of migration which saw many big tragedies. The years before
and after 1915 were also the time of enormous tragedies for Turks in
Anatolia. It was during this time that Turks were fighting for survival
in the Balkan wars, in Canakkale and in the war for independence. In
reality, it was the time of the shared pain," Davutoglu said.
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From: Baghdasarian
Interfax, Russia
July 8 2014
YEREVAN. July 8
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian thinks Ankara's announcement on
creating "a just memory" around the issue of the 1915 Armenian genocide
in the Ottoman Empire is the manifestation of the improved policy of
denying the genocide, the president's press office told Interfax.
"Today Turkish leaders are talking about the need to create 'a just
memory' between Armenians and Turks. But already their next step
is trying to undermine the justice by putting an equal mark between
1.5 million innocent victims and Turkish soldiers killed as a result
of the reckless policies of the Ottoman leaders. This is no 'just'
memory. We cannot accept this kind of 'justice.' In fact, it is an
updated, improved, newly-packaged version of the policy of denying the
Armenian genocide," Sargsian said at a meeting with representatives
of the Armenian community in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, according to
his press office.
The day is near when "Turkey finds itself face to face with its own
history," he said. "The Turkish leaders will thus free their people
from the heavy burden they have had to carry for a whole century now.
I think this will be largely facilitated by the rising public
self-awareness in Turkey in the face of its young and educated
generation which already thinks it better to apologize rather than
shamefully disavow the past," Sargsian said.
He also said that Armenia will continue its consolidated efforts to
secure international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
genocide.
Earlier Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that a new
era will begin in the Armenian-Turkish relations, if politicians and
intelligentsia do their part to overcome the psychological barrier
on both sides and build "a just memory."
"An unjust memory was created around the 1915 events, and for the
Turks and Armenians to understand what they had to go through, they
need to respect the memory of one another. For the Armenians, 1915 was
the year of migration which saw many big tragedies. The years before
and after 1915 were also the time of enormous tragedies for Turks in
Anatolia. It was during this time that Turks were fighting for survival
in the Balkan wars, in Canakkale and in the war for independence. In
reality, it was the time of the shared pain," Davutoglu said.
kk
From: Baghdasarian