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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 31 2015
Armenian leader watches premier of Turkish-German Akın's 'The Cut' amid debates
MOSCOW
Armenian leader Sargsyan attends the Moscow premier of Turkish-German
director Akın's 'The Cut' amid fresh exchange of words on 1915 events
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended Jan. 30 the Moscow premier
of `The Cut,' the latest movie from Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih
Akın which centers on an Armenian father who travels from the 1915
Ottoman Empire to the U.S. in search of his daughters.
Members of an Armenian state commission, which works on the
anniversary of 1915 events, and other guests accompanied Sargsyan at
the Moscow theater, Armenian Press news agency reported Jan. 30.
Along with Akın, Armenian-American screenwriter Mardik Martin, who has
also worked with legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, penned the
screenplay of the drama.
The film, which competed for the coveted Golden Lion award at the 71st
Venice Film Festival and received a special mention award there, had
an estimated budget of 16 million euros, according to the website
imdb.com.
The move came amid fresh steps and exchanges of words between the
leaders of Turkey and Armenia, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip
ErdoÄ?an said during a live interview on public broadcaster TRT Haber
that accusing Turkey of committing `genocide' is a form of execution
without trial. However, Ankara is `ready to pay for any misdeed' if an
`impartial board of historians' concludes that it was at fault for the
events of 1915, he said.
`We are not obliged to accept that the so-called Armenian genocide was
`made-to-order,'' ErdoÄ?an said.
He mentioned that during his period as prime minister, he had sent a
letter in 2005 to former Armenian President Robert Kocharian,
proposing that historians investigate the 1915 killings of Anatolian
Armenians during the Ottoman era.
ErdoÄ?an's recent invitation to ceremonies marking the centenary of the
Battle of Gallipoli in Çanakkale in late April, which coincides with
the remembrance day for the victims of the 1915 mass killings, was
`cynical and shortsighted,' Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said a
day before the Russia premier of the movie.
`They say any measures are suitable in politics, but I believe Ankara
offered a bad service to itself in this matter,' Sargsyan said on Jan.
29, according to ArmeniaNow.com.
ErdoÄ?an sent out invitations to the leaders of 102 countries,
including Armenian President Sargsyan and U.S. President Barack Obama,
for the Gallipoli event.
Sargsyan rebuffed the invitation in letter addressed to ErdoÄ?an,
recalling an invitation extended to the Turkish president to attend
ceremonies to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 deportation and
killing of Ottoman Armenians, which is considered `genocide' by
Armenians.
January/31/2015
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-leader-watches-turkish-german-akins-the-cut-in-moscow.aspx?pageID=238&nID=77714&NewsCatID=510
From: A. Papazian
Jan 31 2015
Armenian leader watches premier of Turkish-German Akın's 'The Cut' amid debates
MOSCOW
Armenian leader Sargsyan attends the Moscow premier of Turkish-German
director Akın's 'The Cut' amid fresh exchange of words on 1915 events
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended Jan. 30 the Moscow premier
of `The Cut,' the latest movie from Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih
Akın which centers on an Armenian father who travels from the 1915
Ottoman Empire to the U.S. in search of his daughters.
Members of an Armenian state commission, which works on the
anniversary of 1915 events, and other guests accompanied Sargsyan at
the Moscow theater, Armenian Press news agency reported Jan. 30.
Along with Akın, Armenian-American screenwriter Mardik Martin, who has
also worked with legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, penned the
screenplay of the drama.
The film, which competed for the coveted Golden Lion award at the 71st
Venice Film Festival and received a special mention award there, had
an estimated budget of 16 million euros, according to the website
imdb.com.
The move came amid fresh steps and exchanges of words between the
leaders of Turkey and Armenia, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip
ErdoÄ?an said during a live interview on public broadcaster TRT Haber
that accusing Turkey of committing `genocide' is a form of execution
without trial. However, Ankara is `ready to pay for any misdeed' if an
`impartial board of historians' concludes that it was at fault for the
events of 1915, he said.
`We are not obliged to accept that the so-called Armenian genocide was
`made-to-order,'' ErdoÄ?an said.
He mentioned that during his period as prime minister, he had sent a
letter in 2005 to former Armenian President Robert Kocharian,
proposing that historians investigate the 1915 killings of Anatolian
Armenians during the Ottoman era.
ErdoÄ?an's recent invitation to ceremonies marking the centenary of the
Battle of Gallipoli in Çanakkale in late April, which coincides with
the remembrance day for the victims of the 1915 mass killings, was
`cynical and shortsighted,' Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said a
day before the Russia premier of the movie.
`They say any measures are suitable in politics, but I believe Ankara
offered a bad service to itself in this matter,' Sargsyan said on Jan.
29, according to ArmeniaNow.com.
ErdoÄ?an sent out invitations to the leaders of 102 countries,
including Armenian President Sargsyan and U.S. President Barack Obama,
for the Gallipoli event.
Sargsyan rebuffed the invitation in letter addressed to ErdoÄ?an,
recalling an invitation extended to the Turkish president to attend
ceremonies to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 deportation and
killing of Ottoman Armenians, which is considered `genocide' by
Armenians.
January/31/2015
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-leader-watches-turkish-german-akins-the-cut-in-moscow.aspx?pageID=238&nID=77714&NewsCatID=510
From: A. Papazian