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TURKEY SAYS ARMENIANS NOT SEEKING 'TRUTH' OVER WWI MASSACRES
SunHerald.com, Mississippi
March 19 2015
The Associated Press
March 19, 2015
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's president says Armenians pressing Turkey
to recognize the century-old massacres of Armenians as genocide are
not looking for the truth but to score points against his country.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday Armenians had rejected numerous
Turkish calls for joint research to document precisely what happened.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed
by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey rejects
the term "genocide," says the death figure is inflated and that people
died on both sides.
Erdogan said: "Their aim is not to search for the truth, but to attack
Turkey and cause it harm."
Armenians mark the centenary of the killings on April 24.
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SunHerald.com, Mississippi
March 19 2015
The Associated Press
March 19, 2015
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's president says Armenians pressing Turkey
to recognize the century-old massacres of Armenians as genocide are
not looking for the truth but to score points against his country.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday Armenians had rejected numerous
Turkish calls for joint research to document precisely what happened.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed
by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey rejects
the term "genocide," says the death figure is inflated and that people
died on both sides.
Erdogan said: "Their aim is not to search for the truth, but to attack
Turkey and cause it harm."
Armenians mark the centenary of the killings on April 24.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/03/19/6130619/turkey-says-armenians-not-seeking.html
Read more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/03/19/6130619/turkey-says-armenians-not-seeking.html#storylink=cpy