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TURKISH MP CALLS ERDOGAN TO APOLOGIZE FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
November 27, 2014 - 13:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Istanbul deputy of Kurdish Democratic Society
Party Sebahat Tuncel submitted a document to the parliament urging
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to apologize for the Armenian Genocide
on behalf of Turkey.
The parliamentarian also called Erdogan to apologize for the mid-20th
century Kurdish massacres in Dersim, Marash, Sivas and Corum.
The President is urged to offer apologies from a parliamentary
tribune, to be followed by mourning events at one of the massacre
sites. Further, according to the document, Turkey's state archives
should be disclosed, April 24 announced as a remembrance day, with
moral and material damages compensated to Armenians.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered what the
government said were "unprecedented condolences" on April 23, 2014
to the grandchildren of the Armenian Genocide survivors.
"The incidents of the First World War are our shared pain. To evaluate
this painful period of history through a perspective of just memory
is a humane and scholarly responsibility.
Millions of people of all religions and ethnicities lost their lives
in the First World War. Having experienced events which had inhumane
consequences - such as relocation - during the First World War,
should not prevent Turks and Armenians from establishing compassion
and mutually humane attitudes among towards one another.
In today's world, deriving enmity from history and creating new
antagonisms are neither acceptable nor useful for building a common
future.
With this understanding, we, as the Turkish Republic, have called for
the establishment of a joint historical commission in order to study
the events of 1915 in a scholarly manner. This call remains valid.
Scholarly research to be carried out by Turkish, Armenian and
international historians would play a significant role in shedding
light on the events of 1915 and an accurate understanding of history,"
Erdogan's statement said.
From: A. Papazian
November 27, 2014 - 13:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Istanbul deputy of Kurdish Democratic Society
Party Sebahat Tuncel submitted a document to the parliament urging
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to apologize for the Armenian Genocide
on behalf of Turkey.
The parliamentarian also called Erdogan to apologize for the mid-20th
century Kurdish massacres in Dersim, Marash, Sivas and Corum.
The President is urged to offer apologies from a parliamentary
tribune, to be followed by mourning events at one of the massacre
sites. Further, according to the document, Turkey's state archives
should be disclosed, April 24 announced as a remembrance day, with
moral and material damages compensated to Armenians.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered what the
government said were "unprecedented condolences" on April 23, 2014
to the grandchildren of the Armenian Genocide survivors.
"The incidents of the First World War are our shared pain. To evaluate
this painful period of history through a perspective of just memory
is a humane and scholarly responsibility.
Millions of people of all religions and ethnicities lost their lives
in the First World War. Having experienced events which had inhumane
consequences - such as relocation - during the First World War,
should not prevent Turks and Armenians from establishing compassion
and mutually humane attitudes among towards one another.
In today's world, deriving enmity from history and creating new
antagonisms are neither acceptable nor useful for building a common
future.
With this understanding, we, as the Turkish Republic, have called for
the establishment of a joint historical commission in order to study
the events of 1915 in a scholarly manner. This call remains valid.
Scholarly research to be carried out by Turkish, Armenian and
international historians would play a significant role in shedding
light on the events of 1915 and an accurate understanding of history,"
Erdogan's statement said.
From: A. Papazian