Conference On Ottoman Armenians Continues In Istanbul
9/25/2005
Anatolian Times
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Taking the floor on the second day of the Conference titled ''The Armenians during the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire'' held at Istanbul's Bilgi University, Akcam said that the relocation decision was made at the end of long discussions and debates.
''The Ottoman documents indicate that the decision to relocate the Armenians was made to end a deeper problem defined as the 'eastern problem' and to end the dissolution process of the Ottoman Empire. This decision was not a result of a need that erupted during the war. There are many documents in hand with respect to the destruction of Armenians,'' claimed Akcam.
On the other hand, Dr. Ahmet Kuyas of Galatasaray University referred to the four members of the Ittihat & Terakki Party, and said that a serious massacre was made those days. According to Kuyas, the architect of this massacre was Enver Pasha. Kuyas expressed his view that the other three people who were responsible for these massacres were Talat Pasha, Dr. Bahattin Sakir and Dr. Nazim.
Also speaking at the conference, professor Baskin Oran of Ankara University's Political Sciences Department said, ''concept of class, criticisms of Ataturk, Cyprus, socialism, communism and Kurdistan are no more taboos in Turkey. There was only one taboo left, and it was Armenian issue. Now, it is no more a taboo.''
Referring to Armenian Diaspora, Oran said, ''Diaspora talks about 'recognition, compensation and territory', and this prevents 'recognition'. Nobody in Turkey can think of paying compensation for things that an empire (Ottoman Empire), the alphabet of which you have abandoned, did. Moreover, territory claims are nonsense.''
Oran pointed out that assassins of Turkish diplomats should not remain unpunished, and added, ''assassins of 35-40 Turkish diplomats were not punished or sentenced to minor punishments. And, this caused as much reaction in Turkey as the 1915 incidents caused in Armenia. And, this was the factor which increased this taboo in Turkey.''
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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.
Anatolian Times
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Taking the floor on the second day of the Conference titled ''The Armenians during the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire'' held at Istanbul's Bilgi University, Akcam said that the relocation decision was made at the end of long discussions and debates.
''The Ottoman documents indicate that the decision to relocate the Armenians was made to end a deeper problem defined as the 'eastern problem' and to end the dissolution process of the Ottoman Empire. This decision was not a result of a need that erupted during the war. There are many documents in hand with respect to the destruction of Armenians,'' claimed Akcam.
On the other hand, Dr. Ahmet Kuyas of Galatasaray University referred to the four members of the Ittihat & Terakki Party, and said that a serious massacre was made those days. According to Kuyas, the architect of this massacre was Enver Pasha. Kuyas expressed his view that the other three people who were responsible for these massacres were Talat Pasha, Dr. Bahattin Sakir and Dr. Nazim.
Also speaking at the conference, professor Baskin Oran of Ankara University's Political Sciences Department said, ''concept of class, criticisms of Ataturk, Cyprus, socialism, communism and Kurdistan are no more taboos in Turkey. There was only one taboo left, and it was Armenian issue. Now, it is no more a taboo.''
Referring to Armenian Diaspora, Oran said, ''Diaspora talks about 'recognition, compensation and territory', and this prevents 'recognition'. Nobody in Turkey can think of paying compensation for things that an empire (Ottoman Empire), the alphabet of which you have abandoned, did. Moreover, territory claims are nonsense.''
Oran pointed out that assassins of Turkish diplomats should not remain unpunished, and added, ''assassins of 35-40 Turkish diplomats were not punished or sentenced to minor punishments. And, this caused as much reaction in Turkey as the 1915 incidents caused in Armenia. And, this was the factor which increased this taboo in Turkey.''
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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.
posted by Vahe Balabanian at 5:59 AM
1 Comments:
Like a skilled Surgeon does Turkey expect to commit genocide and get out without a scratch?
Can a gardener chop a tree with an axe and not expect to get some wood chips into his eye?
Nothing justifies the killings either by Turks or Armenians.
But once a genocide is committed and blatently denied (without me endorsing) Turkey should not be suprised of the consequences of its actions.
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