40,000 People From Armenia Live Peacefully In Turkey, Bagis
October 09, 2005
Turkish Press
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Bagis, who is currently in Australia prior to the visit of Prime Minister Erdogan to this country and New Zealand in December, met representatives of an international policy think-thank organization named Lowy Institute in the morning.
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Responding to a question about the Armenian issue, Bagis said [...]. Today there are 40,000 Armenians who came to Turkey from Armenia to live in our country. Our citizens of Armenian origin are not included in that figure. These 40,000 Armenian citizens work in construction sites and some of their wives look after our babies. Turkish families entrust Armenian women with taking care of their children and it shows that Turks don't have any hostility towards Armenian people,'' Bagis said.
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.
Turkish Press
[...]
Bagis, who is currently in Australia prior to the visit of Prime Minister Erdogan to this country and New Zealand in December, met representatives of an international policy think-thank organization named Lowy Institute in the morning.
[...]
Responding to a question about the Armenian issue, Bagis said [...]. Today there are 40,000 Armenians who came to Turkey from Armenia to live in our country. Our citizens of Armenian origin are not included in that figure. These 40,000 Armenian citizens work in construction sites and some of their wives look after our babies. Turkish families entrust Armenian women with taking care of their children and it shows that Turks don't have any hostility towards Armenian people,'' Bagis said.
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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