TURKISH HISTORIANS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, MARCH 17. ARMINFO. During the current Istanbul international
symposium “New Approaches to Armenian-Turkish Relations” British
historian of Armenian nationality Ara Safaryan and Director of the
Institute of Turkish History Yusuf Galacoglu, who denies the Armenian
Genocide, have decided to develop a joint project to find out what
actually took place in Ottoman Turkey in early XX.
Milliyet (Turkey) reports Safaryan to say that there are irrefutable
proves that there was a genocide in Ottoman Turkey in early XX. One
proof is the words of then US ambassador to Turkey, who describes the
horrible events. In response, Garacoglu proposed developing a joint
project to examine the mass burial places and the massacre scenes.
Safaryn accepted the proposal.
The most sensational speech was made Thursday by professor of Israeli
University Yair Oron, who said that the events were certainly a
genocide. His statement is based on thorough research. He says that
despite Turkey’s efforts the Armenian Genocide is mentioned in the
world press, particularly, in Palestinian newspapers.