TURKS AND ARMENIANS NEED TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING RATHER SHAMEFUL IN EXPECTING A THIRD PARTY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, TURKISH HISTORIAN THINKS
ArmInfo
2008-10-27 13:03:00
ArmInfo. ‘I think Turks and Armenians need to see that there
is something rather shameful in expecting a third party to solve
a problem that originates with us and needs to be resolved between
us. We own the problem.
We need to resolve it and we can’, – Turkish historian, Professor
Taner Akcham told ArmInfo correspondent when commenting on possible
recognition of the Armenian genocide by the candidate for US president
Barack Obama.
‘erhaps. Obama, like those who went before him, may forget the promise
he made. I would hope that he doesn’t forget because it would put
an end to this torturous relationship that Armenians and Turks have
endured.
Nevertheless, I don’t view Obama’s use of the word "genocide"
as working like some kind of charm, or being the source of a huge
resolution of the matter. Reagan had accepted and used the term also’,
– he concluded.