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CEMAL PASA'S GRANDSON ADVOCATES ELIMINATING NATIONALISM AND TABOO ON THE TERM "GENOCIDE" IN TURKEY
by Marianna Lazarian
ARMINFO
Monday, October 27, 22:27
In a new article, Hasan Pasa, the grandson of Cemal Pasa, one of the
Armenian Genocide organizers, touches on the topic of Armenians, Kurds
and Alawis in Turkey, who have to conceal their origin and nationality.
He stresses the need to eliminate nationalism and the taboo on the
term "genocide" in Turkey. He says that some day everybody will
recall the mutual hatred with pain. He is sure that some day, when
"the lost history" is found, the history will cease being a burden.
He says that at the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Office
in Paris he started his speech with the question, "Have you ever been
forced to conceal your origin?"
"Journalist Ilhan Melcuk, who died 4 years ago, had to conceal the
fact that his mother was an Armenian. The same concerns another
Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand. I will never forget that a
Turkish intellectual once said - Kurds in Turkey have been trying
for a long time to prove that they exist and Armenians have been
trying to prove that they were killed. This is the Turkish state",
says Hasan Pasa in his article. He adds that he has experienced a
taboo on many words and expressions, including the term "genocide".
by Marianna Lazarian
ARMINFO
Monday, October 27, 22:27
In a new article, Hasan Pasa, the grandson of Cemal Pasa, one of the
Armenian Genocide organizers, touches on the topic of Armenians, Kurds
and Alawis in Turkey, who have to conceal their origin and nationality.
He stresses the need to eliminate nationalism and the taboo on the
term "genocide" in Turkey. He says that some day everybody will
recall the mutual hatred with pain. He is sure that some day, when
"the lost history" is found, the history will cease being a burden.
He says that at the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Office
in Paris he started his speech with the question, "Have you ever been
forced to conceal your origin?"
"Journalist Ilhan Melcuk, who died 4 years ago, had to conceal the
fact that his mother was an Armenian. The same concerns another
Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand. I will never forget that a
Turkish intellectual once said - Kurds in Turkey have been trying
for a long time to prove that they exist and Armenians have been
trying to prove that they were killed. This is the Turkish state",
says Hasan Pasa in his article. He adds that he has experienced a
taboo on many words and expressions, including the term "genocide".