Hundreds of Armenians Gathered in Michigan Protesting Turkey
Journal of Turkish Weekly
April 18 2005
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., (JTW) Hundreds of Armenians gathered
in remembrance of the 1915 events in Dearborn, U.S. The Armenian
demonstration was organized by the Armenian diaspora organizations
which accuse Ottomans of killing many Armenians during the First World
War. Some Armenians even claim that the Turks committed a ‘genocide’
against the Armenians.
Turkey has rejected the genocide claim and says Armenians were killed
in civil unrest during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey
also argues that more than 523,000 Turkish people were killed by the
Armenian nationalists at that period. Similarly, the United States
and the United Kingdom accepts the tragedy Armenians and Turks faced
during the war years, yet both of them refuse to name the events as
‘genocide’.
Last week Turkish prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Granda
National Parliement (TBMM) called Armenians to establish a joint
commission to discuss the historical disputes, yet Armenian side
immediately rejected the offer.
JTW 18 April 2005