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TURKEY SAYS MEPS TRYING TO REWRITE HISTORY OVER ARMENIA KILLINGS
EuroNews
April 16 2015
KOV: PUTIN COULD VISIT YEREVAN ON APRIL 24
Turkey has accused the European Parliament of attempting to rewrite
history over the massacre of Armenians a hundred years ago.
MEPs, sitting this afternoon (Wednesday), voted to call on Turkey to
recognise the killings as genocide.
It prompted Turkey's foreign ministry to release the following
statement: "The European Parliament known for contriving obstacles
to the development of Turkey-EU relations aspired once again to
rewrite history regarding the 1915 events, as it has attempted to do
so previously.
"This aspiration resulted in a preposterous text of resolution dated
15 April 2015 which literally repeats the anti-Turkish cliches of
the Armenian propaganda.
"With this resolution, the European Parliament repeated exactly
a mistake it has made in the past in an incompatible way with
international law and exceeding its competence.
"We do not take seriously those who adopted this resolution by
mutilating history and law. The participation of the EU citizens with
a rate of 42% in 2014 elections already implies the place that this
Parliament occupies in the political culture of the EU.
"We return this text, which is an unprecedented example of incoherence
in all its aspects, verbatim to the abovementioned institution so
that the text finds its place among the documents that the European
Parliament will shy away from remembering in the future.
"Those adopting this text may perhaps recall that the EU was
established on the pillars of reconciliation and peace culture, and
on the basis of the principles such as democracy, human rights and
free market economy.
"We wish success to the politicians who supported the adoption of
the resolution today in the European Parliament, in their entrenched
partnership with those who have nothing to do with European values
and feeding on hatred, revenge and the culture of conflict.
"As a matter of fact, contrary to the values constituting the essential
reason for the existence of the European Parliament, this selective
and one-sided approach of the European Parliament with regards to the
1915 events has the potential to harm the relations between Turkey
and EU and falls far behind from bringing a solution to the issue
between Turkey and Armenia.
"Naturally, this resolution cannot merely be explained away by either
lack of knowledge or ignorance.
"Unfortunately, what lays behind is a religious and cultural fanaticism
and indifference towards others regarded as different.
"If the European Parliament wishes to contribute to building a common
future for European peoples, it should realize that this cannot be
achieved by excluding different religions and cultures.
"As for 1915 events, it is evident that Turkey has assiduously
fulfilled its duty with regards to memory.
"We hope that Armenia also achieves such a level of maturity as soon
as possible.
"Members of the European Parliament may better encounter their own
past and remember especially their roles and responsibilities in the
most abhorrent calamities of humanity such as World War I and World
War II, well before dealing with the 1915 issue."
http://www.euronews.com/2015/04/15/turkey-says-european-parliament-trying-to-rewrite-history-over-armenia-killings/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
EuroNews
April 16 2015
KOV: PUTIN COULD VISIT YEREVAN ON APRIL 24
Turkey has accused the European Parliament of attempting to rewrite
history over the massacre of Armenians a hundred years ago.
MEPs, sitting this afternoon (Wednesday), voted to call on Turkey to
recognise the killings as genocide.
It prompted Turkey's foreign ministry to release the following
statement: "The European Parliament known for contriving obstacles
to the development of Turkey-EU relations aspired once again to
rewrite history regarding the 1915 events, as it has attempted to do
so previously.
"This aspiration resulted in a preposterous text of resolution dated
15 April 2015 which literally repeats the anti-Turkish cliches of
the Armenian propaganda.
"With this resolution, the European Parliament repeated exactly
a mistake it has made in the past in an incompatible way with
international law and exceeding its competence.
"We do not take seriously those who adopted this resolution by
mutilating history and law. The participation of the EU citizens with
a rate of 42% in 2014 elections already implies the place that this
Parliament occupies in the political culture of the EU.
"We return this text, which is an unprecedented example of incoherence
in all its aspects, verbatim to the abovementioned institution so
that the text finds its place among the documents that the European
Parliament will shy away from remembering in the future.
"Those adopting this text may perhaps recall that the EU was
established on the pillars of reconciliation and peace culture, and
on the basis of the principles such as democracy, human rights and
free market economy.
"We wish success to the politicians who supported the adoption of
the resolution today in the European Parliament, in their entrenched
partnership with those who have nothing to do with European values
and feeding on hatred, revenge and the culture of conflict.
"As a matter of fact, contrary to the values constituting the essential
reason for the existence of the European Parliament, this selective
and one-sided approach of the European Parliament with regards to the
1915 events has the potential to harm the relations between Turkey
and EU and falls far behind from bringing a solution to the issue
between Turkey and Armenia.
"Naturally, this resolution cannot merely be explained away by either
lack of knowledge or ignorance.
"Unfortunately, what lays behind is a religious and cultural fanaticism
and indifference towards others regarded as different.
"If the European Parliament wishes to contribute to building a common
future for European peoples, it should realize that this cannot be
achieved by excluding different religions and cultures.
"As for 1915 events, it is evident that Turkey has assiduously
fulfilled its duty with regards to memory.
"We hope that Armenia also achieves such a level of maturity as soon
as possible.
"Members of the European Parliament may better encounter their own
past and remember especially their roles and responsibilities in the
most abhorrent calamities of humanity such as World War I and World
War II, well before dealing with the 1915 issue."
http://www.euronews.com/2015/04/15/turkey-says-european-parliament-trying-to-rewrite-history-over-armenia-killings/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress