Armenian Taboo
Published: 9/27/2005
BY DERYA SAZAK
MILLIYET- Another taboo has been broken. The Armenian conference was held, and the world didn’t come to an end. These are the headlines of newspapers published in Turkey. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times characterized the issue as follows: ‘a groundbreaking event where Turkish academics could for the first time publicly challenge their country's official version of the events leading to the slaughter of Armenians.’
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As long as democracy grows stronger in Turkey and hurdles to freedom of expression are removed, the atmosphere of discussion will grow more mature. [...]. The academics who organized the conference contributed to the development of Turkey’s democratic structure, just like the intellectuals who took the initiative for disarmament in southeastern Anatolia. We should congratulate them.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
BY DERYA SAZAK
MILLIYET- Another taboo has been broken. The Armenian conference was held, and the world didn’t come to an end. These are the headlines of newspapers published in Turkey. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times characterized the issue as follows: ‘a groundbreaking event where Turkish academics could for the first time publicly challenge their country's official version of the events leading to the slaughter of Armenians.’
[...]
As long as democracy grows stronger in Turkey and hurdles to freedom of expression are removed, the atmosphere of discussion will grow more mature. [...]. The academics who organized the conference contributed to the development of Turkey’s democratic structure, just like the intellectuals who took the initiative for disarmament in southeastern Anatolia. We should congratulate them.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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