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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S CONTROVERSIAL INVITATION PANNED
Daily Sabah, Turkey
May 30 2014
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL -- Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recently created a stir
when he invited the next president of Turkey, who will be elected in
the upcoming August presidential elections, to the 100th Commemorative
Ceremony of the alleged Armenian Genocide planned to take place in
Armenia next year.
Expressing at the commemoration committee meeting that Turkey has taken
unprecedented steps toward reconciliation with Armenia, Sargsyan also
stated that Turkey has continued its "100-year-old policy of denial."
"I officially invite the president of Turkey to Armenia to face the
compelling evidence of the Armenian Genocide on April 25, 2015," said
the president, who received a wide range of criticism from Turkish
media outlets which called his invitation arrogant and impertinent.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a speech last month expressed
his condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who were killed at
the beginning of the 20th century. The Armenian diaspora, along with
Armenia, have called on Turkey to recognize the death of 1.5 million
people due to the forced emigration policy of Armenians who lived in
Turkey during the later years of the Ottoman Empire as "genocide,"
while Turkey claims 300,00 to 500,000 Armenians were killed along
with Turkish people.
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/05/28/armenian-presidents-controversial-invitation-panned
From: A. Papazian
Daily Sabah, Turkey
May 30 2014
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL -- Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recently created a stir
when he invited the next president of Turkey, who will be elected in
the upcoming August presidential elections, to the 100th Commemorative
Ceremony of the alleged Armenian Genocide planned to take place in
Armenia next year.
Expressing at the commemoration committee meeting that Turkey has taken
unprecedented steps toward reconciliation with Armenia, Sargsyan also
stated that Turkey has continued its "100-year-old policy of denial."
"I officially invite the president of Turkey to Armenia to face the
compelling evidence of the Armenian Genocide on April 25, 2015," said
the president, who received a wide range of criticism from Turkish
media outlets which called his invitation arrogant and impertinent.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a speech last month expressed
his condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who were killed at
the beginning of the 20th century. The Armenian diaspora, along with
Armenia, have called on Turkey to recognize the death of 1.5 million
people due to the forced emigration policy of Armenians who lived in
Turkey during the later years of the Ottoman Empire as "genocide,"
while Turkey claims 300,00 to 500,000 Armenians were killed along
with Turkish people.
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/05/28/armenian-presidents-controversial-invitation-panned
From: A. Papazian