Zaman Online, Turkey
March 11 2005
No Foreign Interest in Official Records on Armenians
By Zaman
Published: Friday 11, 2005
zaman.com
After a decision for joint action against Armenian allegations by
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Republican
People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal, all eyes are now on what
kind of steps will be taken over the issue.
Turkey’s trump card is the historical records and documents held at
the General Directorate of State Archives of the Prime Ministry.
About 2,000 out of 300,000 documents have been opened to the public
after the completion of their classification, but no foreign
scientists have applied to examine the documents so far.
Two thousand documents at the General Directorate of State Archives
of the Prime Ministry include clear information showing that the
Armenian genocide never happened. Documents translated into Turkish
mostly from Ottoman language are published on the official Internet
site of the Directorate. It is striking that none of the documents
have yet been analyzed by foreign social scientists yet.
President of the Directorate Yusuf Sarinay announced Thursday (March
10) that Turkey has historical documents that are sufficient to
convince the world, but no foreign attention has been directed to
these. Pointing out that recent speculations do not reflect the
truth, Sarinay expressed that they have documented that Armenian
terrorist organizations killed 524,000 Turks. “Those alleging
genocide should also document where, when and by whom Armenians were
killed,” said Sarinay and explained that Britons and French had
arrested 144 Turks in 1920, but had released them through lack of
evidence. Indicating that scientists from 75 countries have applied
to the Directorate and asked for documents, Sarinay emphasized that
no documents were demanded about Armenian issue. Sarinay also
stressed that there are researchers on the Armenian issue at every
university in Turkey, but that foreign scientists do not study this
issue. He interpreted this situation as a manifestation that, “They
don’t want to be faced with historical realities.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress