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TURKEY READY TO FACE HISTORY RECORDS ON ARMENIA
Turkish Press
March 11 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
We did not have a criminal record until now, Cicek says
ANKARA - Turkey is ready to face its history records, Turkish
parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said Tuesday speaking on Armenian
claims of genocide.
"We did not have a criminal record until now," Cicek said during the
meeting with Canadian speaker of the House of Commons, Andrew Scheer,
in Ankara adding that Turkey is ready to accept the conclusions of
a Joint History Commission with Armenia.
"The biggest insult and the biggest disrespect that can be done
to a society is accusing them of committing genocide, though it is
not real", Cicek said adding that the acceptance of 1915 events by
Canadian parliament as genocide has hurt Turkey.
Cicek said that in the Ottomon empire in 1915, allied forces was
attempting to snatch the Turkish lands and as a result both Armenian
and Turk populations suffered. "That has nothing to do with genocide
according to international law", Cicek said.
Canadian speaker of the House of Commons, Andrew Scheer said that
Turkey`s call for a "Joint History Commission" with Armenia to address
the 1915 events is positive.
During the First World War, the Ottoman Empire approved a deportation
law for Armenians, amid their uprising with the help of invading
Russian army. As a result, an unknown number of people died in civil
strife. Armenian diaspora and state of Armenia term the incidents
as "genocide" and asks for compensation, whereas Ankara says while
Armenians died during deportation many Turks also died due to the
attacks by Armenian gangs all around Anatolia.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/394029/
From: A. Papazian
Turkish Press
March 11 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
We did not have a criminal record until now, Cicek says
ANKARA - Turkey is ready to face its history records, Turkish
parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said Tuesday speaking on Armenian
claims of genocide.
"We did not have a criminal record until now," Cicek said during the
meeting with Canadian speaker of the House of Commons, Andrew Scheer,
in Ankara adding that Turkey is ready to accept the conclusions of
a Joint History Commission with Armenia.
"The biggest insult and the biggest disrespect that can be done
to a society is accusing them of committing genocide, though it is
not real", Cicek said adding that the acceptance of 1915 events by
Canadian parliament as genocide has hurt Turkey.
Cicek said that in the Ottomon empire in 1915, allied forces was
attempting to snatch the Turkish lands and as a result both Armenian
and Turk populations suffered. "That has nothing to do with genocide
according to international law", Cicek said.
Canadian speaker of the House of Commons, Andrew Scheer said that
Turkey`s call for a "Joint History Commission" with Armenia to address
the 1915 events is positive.
During the First World War, the Ottoman Empire approved a deportation
law for Armenians, amid their uprising with the help of invading
Russian army. As a result, an unknown number of people died in civil
strife. Armenian diaspora and state of Armenia term the incidents
as "genocide" and asks for compensation, whereas Ankara says while
Armenians died during deportation many Turks also died due to the
attacks by Armenian gangs all around Anatolia.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/394029/
From: A. Papazian