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TURKISH JOURNALISTS VISITED THE GENOCIDE MUSEUM-INSTITUTE
October 24 2014
Aravot.am informed that it takes in the Eurasia Partnership
Foundation and EU financial supported program "Support to Armenia
- Turkey normalization process", under which the Armenian and
Turkish journalists are holding a two-week bus tour to Turkey and
Armenia. The group of journalists are already in Armenia, and on the
first day, they visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and
also the Genocide Memorial. The Turkish journalists were told that
currently there are repair works going on in the Museum-Institute,
also preparation work ahead to the Genocide Centennial, therefore, the
whole collection of the museum is not displayed. Nevertheless, a small
part of the collection was presented to the participants, which was
describing the period of genocide execution by Turks. The journalists
also met with Hayk Demoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute. In the conversation with him, one of the Turkish
journalist was interested to know whether the archives are available
to outside researchers. Hayk Demoyan replied, "We have nothing to
hide." He said that many people come here to study the theme for the
Museum is also a place to study the history of others. In the future,
the equipped and supplemented Museum-Institute, according to Mr.
Demoyan, will also try showing the feelings of the people who have
passed through the genocide, some of them survived and others did not.
One of the Turkish journalists was interested to know whether people
in Armenia would also like the Turkish archives to be opened for
studying the historical facts. Mr. Demoyan replied that we would like
to have access to some ratification documents or their copies, but
Turkey does not allow even the researchers of Turkey to be acquainted
with them. The fear of the Turkish journalist that perhaps they are
destroyed, Mr. Demoyan replied that if they are destroyed, then
it is pity, because the loss for studying the history of the two
nations would be irreversible. However, according to Mr. Demoyan,
if Turkey does not want to open the archives and make them available,
it means that it hides something. Speaking about the Armenian Genocide,
Hayk Demoyan mentioned, "Recognition of the Genocide is an important
prerequisite for having genuine reconciliation between the two
countries." According to Mr. Demoyan, Turkey does not recognize the
Armenian Genocide, because it fears of the psychological collapse,
changing the history provided over the years, and as a result,
the psychological complexes occurred in people. "It is necessary to
overcome this psychological complex," said Mr. Demoyan, adding that
we should try to find the historical truth, and not to deny or hide it.
Hripsime HOVHANNISYAN Photo by Sona ADAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/10/24/167468/
October 24 2014
Aravot.am informed that it takes in the Eurasia Partnership
Foundation and EU financial supported program "Support to Armenia
- Turkey normalization process", under which the Armenian and
Turkish journalists are holding a two-week bus tour to Turkey and
Armenia. The group of journalists are already in Armenia, and on the
first day, they visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and
also the Genocide Memorial. The Turkish journalists were told that
currently there are repair works going on in the Museum-Institute,
also preparation work ahead to the Genocide Centennial, therefore, the
whole collection of the museum is not displayed. Nevertheless, a small
part of the collection was presented to the participants, which was
describing the period of genocide execution by Turks. The journalists
also met with Hayk Demoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute. In the conversation with him, one of the Turkish
journalist was interested to know whether the archives are available
to outside researchers. Hayk Demoyan replied, "We have nothing to
hide." He said that many people come here to study the theme for the
Museum is also a place to study the history of others. In the future,
the equipped and supplemented Museum-Institute, according to Mr.
Demoyan, will also try showing the feelings of the people who have
passed through the genocide, some of them survived and others did not.
One of the Turkish journalists was interested to know whether people
in Armenia would also like the Turkish archives to be opened for
studying the historical facts. Mr. Demoyan replied that we would like
to have access to some ratification documents or their copies, but
Turkey does not allow even the researchers of Turkey to be acquainted
with them. The fear of the Turkish journalist that perhaps they are
destroyed, Mr. Demoyan replied that if they are destroyed, then
it is pity, because the loss for studying the history of the two
nations would be irreversible. However, according to Mr. Demoyan,
if Turkey does not want to open the archives and make them available,
it means that it hides something. Speaking about the Armenian Genocide,
Hayk Demoyan mentioned, "Recognition of the Genocide is an important
prerequisite for having genuine reconciliation between the two
countries." According to Mr. Demoyan, Turkey does not recognize the
Armenian Genocide, because it fears of the psychological collapse,
changing the history provided over the years, and as a result,
the psychological complexes occurred in people. "It is necessary to
overcome this psychological complex," said Mr. Demoyan, adding that
we should try to find the historical truth, and not to deny or hide it.
Hripsime HOVHANNISYAN Photo by Sona ADAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/10/24/167468/