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Daily Sabah, Turkey
Jan 17 2015
Turkey looking into 1915 incidents, FM says
ANADOLU AGENCY
ANKARA
Turkey's Foreign Minister has said Friday that the government was
currently looking into Armenia's "genocide" allegations about the 1915
incidents.
Following the ceremony for the launch of the Turkish Foreign
Ministry's e-archive project in Ankara, Mevlüt ÇavuÅ?oÄ?lu said Turkey
had invited heads of state from 102 countries, including Armenia's
president Serzh Sargsyan, for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of
Gallipoli this coming April.
"There were Armenian soldiers in Ottoman army as well. In 1915, there
were uprisings in the Eastern regions of the empire, at the same time
there was a struggle against occupation forces," ÇavuÅ?oÄ?lu said.
The year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of both what Armenia calls a
genocide and the battle in the Dardanelles strait in Çanakkale
province's district of Gallipoli, which marked a turnaround in favor
of the Turks during World War I against the Allied Forces.
Relations between Turkey and Armenia have historically been poor,
rooted in incidents which took place during World War I. The Armenian
diaspora and government describe the 1915 events as "genocide" and
have asked for compensation.
Turkey says that although Armenians died during relocations, many
Turks also lost their lives in attacks carried out by Armenian gangs
in Anatolia.
In April 2014, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an -then Prime Minister- offered
condolences for the Armenian deaths that occurred in 1915-a first for
a Turkish statesman.
http://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2015/01/17/turkey-looking-into-1915-incidents-fm-says
Jan 17 2015
Turkey looking into 1915 incidents, FM says
ANADOLU AGENCY
ANKARA
Turkey's Foreign Minister has said Friday that the government was
currently looking into Armenia's "genocide" allegations about the 1915
incidents.
Following the ceremony for the launch of the Turkish Foreign
Ministry's e-archive project in Ankara, Mevlüt ÇavuÅ?oÄ?lu said Turkey
had invited heads of state from 102 countries, including Armenia's
president Serzh Sargsyan, for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of
Gallipoli this coming April.
"There were Armenian soldiers in Ottoman army as well. In 1915, there
were uprisings in the Eastern regions of the empire, at the same time
there was a struggle against occupation forces," ÇavuÅ?oÄ?lu said.
The year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of both what Armenia calls a
genocide and the battle in the Dardanelles strait in Çanakkale
province's district of Gallipoli, which marked a turnaround in favor
of the Turks during World War I against the Allied Forces.
Relations between Turkey and Armenia have historically been poor,
rooted in incidents which took place during World War I. The Armenian
diaspora and government describe the 1915 events as "genocide" and
have asked for compensation.
Turkey says that although Armenians died during relocations, many
Turks also lost their lives in attacks carried out by Armenian gangs
in Anatolia.
In April 2014, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an -then Prime Minister- offered
condolences for the Armenian deaths that occurred in 1915-a first for
a Turkish statesman.
http://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2015/01/17/turkey-looking-into-1915-incidents-fm-says