FATIH AKIN SLAMS TURKISH SCHOLAR OVER GENOCIDE DENIAL
14:55 * 19.12.14
The German-Turkish director who has produced a movie on the Armenian
Genocide has slammed a Turkish scholar for the tragedy’s denial.
According to Demokrat Haber, Fatih Akin urged Hakki Kessik to delete
his email from his personal address list, saying that he no longer
wishes to receive statements with a political content from him.
“I characterize the 1915 events as Genocide. Your thoughts, and the
comments you send make me write this kind of reply. I suppose you are
aware of the movie The Cut, which I have shot. And you are probably
also aware of what I have told the press about it. I do not share your
viewpoint. Hopefully, you will take my request into consideration,”
read his letter.
Kessik, who has been residing in Germany since 1968, has lectured at
the University of Hamburg. He is one of the advocates of the thesis
requiring historians’ efforts to consider the Armenian Genocide and
deportation issue.
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