TURKEY READY TO FACE HISTORY RECORDS ON ARMENIAN CLAIMS
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 12 2014
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency
Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said that Turkey is ready to face its
records of history. AA Photo
Turkey is ready to face its records of history, Turkish Parliament
Speaker Cemil Cicek said March 11.
“We did not have a criminal record until now,” Cicek said during the
meeting with Canadian speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer
in Ankara, adding Turkey was ready to accept the conclusions of a
Joint History Commission with Armenia.
“The biggest insult and the most disrespect that can be shown to a
society is accusing them of committing genocide, though it is not
real”, Cicek said, adding the acceptance of the 1915 events by the
Canadian Parliament as genocide had hurt Turkey.
Cicek said in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, allied forces were attempting
to snatch Ottoman lands and as a result both Armenian and Turkish
populations suffered. “That has nothing to do with genocide according
to international law,” Cicek said.
Scheer said Turkey’s call for a “Joint History Commission” with
Armenia to address the 1915 events was positive.
March/12/2014
From: Baghdasarian