Saturday, February 24, 2007

Spite meeting to be held

Saturday, 24 February
Sabah
What reasons has Turkey given to earn the trust of the Armenians in the Diaspora let alone in Armenia and Turkey?
Diaspora responded to the suggestion of the Armenian historian Sarafyan with a threat. Halaçoğlu stated that he will invite Sarafyan to Turkey.

The extreme nationalist Armenians reacted harshly to the suggestion of Sarafyan to conduct a collaborative research in Harput. Sarafyan stated that he received criticisms such as "you are not a real Armenian, Turks will foul you, you are making a mistake." Sarafyan stated that he will not quit in spite of the criticisms.

Armenian historian comes in spite of Diaspora

The director of Gomidas institute, Ara Sarafyan said that he will meet with Professor Halaçoğlu although the extreme nationalist Armenians said: "you are not a real Armenian, Turks will foul you".

The extreme nationalist Armenians reacted harshly to the suggestion of Sarafyan to conduct a collaborative research with the chairman of the Turkish Historical Society, Professor Yusuf Halaçoğlu in Harput about the events regarding Armenians. Sarafyan stated that he received criticisms such as "you are not a real Armenian, Turks will foul you, and you are making a mistake." Sarafyan stated that he will not quit in spite of the criticisms.

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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