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Gul Invites Historians To ‘Study’ Genocide

GUL INVITES HISTORIANS TO ‘STUDY’ GENOCIDE

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Oct 6, 2009

ISTANBUL (Combined Sources)-Turkish President Abdullah Gul Tuesday
urged foreign historians to join a commission to study the Armenian
Genocide, reported Agence France Presse.

"There are all sorts of allegations about what happened a century
ago. It is clear that people who do not know what happened where
or how are not able to take decisions on this matter," Gul said in
an interview.

"What we hope is that historians, archive specialists study this matter
and we are ready to accept the conclusions of this commission. To
show that we are sincere, we even said that if a third country is
interested in this matter, if French historians, for example, want
to take part in this commission, they are welcome," he added on the
eve of a visit to France.

The establishment of a commission to study the Genocide is part of
two protocols that Turkey and Armenia said they would sign in a bid
to establish diplomatic ties for the first time and open their border,
sealed since 1993.

President Sarkisian, during his Diaspora tour, has been assuring
community leaders that the protocols do not contain provision for
the establishment of such a commission, but rather a grouping that
would help Turkey deal with its past.

In a separate interview with the Wall Street Journal, Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the protocols would
be signed on Saturday. Armenia’s presidential spokesperson did not
confirm or deny that report.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://www.asbarez.com/2009/10/0
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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