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CICEK: ARMENIAN ISSUE POISONS OUR RELATIONS
Daily Sabah, Turkey
May 29 2014
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Published : 29.05.2014 15:49:22
ANKARA -- The Armenian issue is one of the main issues that poisons
our relations with other countries, Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil
Cicek said on Thursday in a press conference with visiting Finland
Parliament Speaker Eero Heinaluoma.
"One of the biggest slanders to a country is the baseless allegations
of carrying out a masacre," said Cicek on the Armenian issue.
Cicek pointed out that Turkey is co-operating in a joint commission of
Turkish, Armenian and international historians for research into the
1915 incidents, and he added, "We are ready to confront our history."
Heinaluoma said they fall into the same line with the Turkey on the
Armenian issue.
"The historians should assess this issue," he said and added,
"We think that parliamentarians cannot re-write the history."
The 1915 incidents took place during World War I when a portion
of the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire sided with
the invading Russians and uprose against the Ottoman authority. The
uprisings were followed by a relocation decision of the Ottoman Empire
concerning Armenians living in eastern Anatolia.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/05/29/cicek-armenian-issue-poisons-our-relations
Daily Sabah, Turkey
May 29 2014
AA
Published : 29.05.2014 15:49:22
ANKARA -- The Armenian issue is one of the main issues that poisons
our relations with other countries, Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil
Cicek said on Thursday in a press conference with visiting Finland
Parliament Speaker Eero Heinaluoma.
"One of the biggest slanders to a country is the baseless allegations
of carrying out a masacre," said Cicek on the Armenian issue.
Cicek pointed out that Turkey is co-operating in a joint commission of
Turkish, Armenian and international historians for research into the
1915 incidents, and he added, "We are ready to confront our history."
Heinaluoma said they fall into the same line with the Turkey on the
Armenian issue.
"The historians should assess this issue," he said and added,
"We think that parliamentarians cannot re-write the history."
The 1915 incidents took place during World War I when a portion
of the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire sided with
the invading Russians and uprose against the Ottoman authority. The
uprisings were followed by a relocation decision of the Ottoman Empire
concerning Armenians living in eastern Anatolia.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/05/29/cicek-armenian-issue-poisons-our-relations