The Daily Star, Lebanon
Oct 1 2011

Aram I urges Erdogan to recognize genocide

October 01, 2011 02:14 AM The Daily Star

BEIRUT: The Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia, Aram I Keshishian, has
urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to recognize the
Armenian genocide of 1915 and `fully’ return all properties seized
from religious minorities since that time.

The Catholicosate of Cilicia released the letter Friday, which was
issued after Ankara in August announced a new policy toward religious
minorities in Turkey, which addressed property seized since 1936.

Addressing Erdogan, Aram I said that the recent decision by the
Turkish government to return properties confiscated from religious
minorities by the Turkish state was partial and does not to justice to
their rights.

`The current decree of your government may comply with EU standards,
but is not an act of justice,’ said Aram I. `Mr. prime minister,
selective acts of justice deny history and negate democratic values
and principles.’

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress