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April 24 date unrelated to Canakkale massacre - Armenian Turkologists
12:45 * 17.01.15
April 24 does not mark the anniversary of the Canakkale massacre, an
Armenian Turkologist has said, describing the Turkish president's move
to invite the Armenian leader to his country next year as
countermeasure ahead of the Genocide centennial.
"It was obvious long ago that Turkey was taking steps towards the
Dardanelle Battle's 100th anniversary. The decision to mark its
victory's centenary is obviously a political one and is first of all
aimed at diminishing and shadowing the significance of the events
dedicated to the Genocide anniversary," Levon Hovsepyan told Tert.am,
commenting on Recep Tayyip Erdogan's surprise move.
According to him, the international peace summit, which is to take
place in Istanbul on April 23, has been well-timed intentionally to
precede the Genocide centennial commemoration.
"Turkey will try, in the frameworks of such events, to send new
'messages' to the international
community, making calls for the maintenance of peace and universal
human values. Turkey seeks to secure a big international resonance
with the participation of different high-ranking guests," he noted.
Asked how he treats the message sent to President Serzh Sargsyan, the
turkologist replied, "It was a riposte to the Armenian president's
invitation to Turkey's leader for attending the 100th anniversary
[events]. Erdogan in this way actually closed the invitation issue."
In his response message to the Turkish leader's invitation, President
Serzh Sargsyan ruled out the possibility of his viist by saying "it
isn't our rule to be hosted without receiving an answer to our own
invitation".
April 24 is not a significant date for the Battle of Gallipoli, which
lasted only several months, said Ruben Melkonyan, another Turkologist.
"It is obvious from now on that the Turkish side is going to set
several traps in connection with the Genocide centennial. We have
already eye-witnessed the first three of them," he told our
correspondent.
The expert said he doesn't think that the Turkish authorities came up
with the idea all of a sudden, as they had been previously made
considerable efforts to attract the world community's attention to the
events by conducting scientific conferences and issuing memory medals.
Commenting on Erdogan's decision to include Armenia's president in the
list of the 102 country leaders invited to the commemoration ceremony,
Melkonyan said he sees a very interesting trick about the move. "They
are making an interesting reference, by pointing out that Armenians
also fought in the Turkish army then, in 1915."
"And that's the accentuation the letter makes, by saying that 'we
fought together 100 years ago, so let us now celebrate the 100th
anniversary together too.' The Turkish authorities are thus making a
very important step, distracting actually the world community and
superpower leaders' attention from the Armenian Genocide centennial,
the key message of April 24," he noted.
Melkonyan said he sees that world countries' leaders will thus be
facing a dilemma in April, receiving simultaneously two invitations
from two different countries' presidents,
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/17/cexaspanutyun24/1561821
12:45 * 17.01.15
April 24 does not mark the anniversary of the Canakkale massacre, an
Armenian Turkologist has said, describing the Turkish president's move
to invite the Armenian leader to his country next year as
countermeasure ahead of the Genocide centennial.
"It was obvious long ago that Turkey was taking steps towards the
Dardanelle Battle's 100th anniversary. The decision to mark its
victory's centenary is obviously a political one and is first of all
aimed at diminishing and shadowing the significance of the events
dedicated to the Genocide anniversary," Levon Hovsepyan told Tert.am,
commenting on Recep Tayyip Erdogan's surprise move.
According to him, the international peace summit, which is to take
place in Istanbul on April 23, has been well-timed intentionally to
precede the Genocide centennial commemoration.
"Turkey will try, in the frameworks of such events, to send new
'messages' to the international
community, making calls for the maintenance of peace and universal
human values. Turkey seeks to secure a big international resonance
with the participation of different high-ranking guests," he noted.
Asked how he treats the message sent to President Serzh Sargsyan, the
turkologist replied, "It was a riposte to the Armenian president's
invitation to Turkey's leader for attending the 100th anniversary
[events]. Erdogan in this way actually closed the invitation issue."
In his response message to the Turkish leader's invitation, President
Serzh Sargsyan ruled out the possibility of his viist by saying "it
isn't our rule to be hosted without receiving an answer to our own
invitation".
April 24 is not a significant date for the Battle of Gallipoli, which
lasted only several months, said Ruben Melkonyan, another Turkologist.
"It is obvious from now on that the Turkish side is going to set
several traps in connection with the Genocide centennial. We have
already eye-witnessed the first three of them," he told our
correspondent.
The expert said he doesn't think that the Turkish authorities came up
with the idea all of a sudden, as they had been previously made
considerable efforts to attract the world community's attention to the
events by conducting scientific conferences and issuing memory medals.
Commenting on Erdogan's decision to include Armenia's president in the
list of the 102 country leaders invited to the commemoration ceremony,
Melkonyan said he sees a very interesting trick about the move. "They
are making an interesting reference, by pointing out that Armenians
also fought in the Turkish army then, in 1915."
"And that's the accentuation the letter makes, by saying that 'we
fought together 100 years ago, so let us now celebrate the 100th
anniversary together too.' The Turkish authorities are thus making a
very important step, distracting actually the world community and
superpower leaders' attention from the Armenian Genocide centennial,
the key message of April 24," he noted.
Melkonyan said he sees that world countries' leaders will thus be
facing a dilemma in April, receiving simultaneously two invitations
from two different countries' presidents,
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/17/cexaspanutyun24/1561821