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    Unawareness verging insanity

    Editorial

    Yerkir/arm
    01 April 05

    At the beginning of March, the Turkish authorities and the opposition
    decided to use a united way of denying the Armenian Genocide.

    In frames of this denial campaign, the People-Republican party of
    Turkey invited American scientist Justine McCarty, who is known for
    his radical favor for Turkey. As the Aksam newspaper writes, McCarty
    not only defends Turkish theses but also disseminates them around
    the world.

    In terms of the Genocide, McCarty is even more radical than Turks. He
    claims that there were conflicts between both sides during the WWI
    and both suffered losses. And he even says that Turks it was Turks
    who dies most.

    However, Turkish Milliyet newspaper believes that it is very difficult
    for Turks to campaign against the Genocide. The newspaper states
    that the Armenian lobby in America is currently getting stronger,
    which can play a decisive role in the SU congress at any moment.
    Jumhuriet newspaper adds in turn that the hired historian declared
    that the genocide never took place and the issue is aimed at using
    pressure on Ankara . Huriyet newspaper says that during McCarty's
    meeting with head of Turkey's opposition Denis Baikal, McCarty stated
    that the issue of the Armenian Genocide must be discussed only by
    scientists. Turkish daily news calls McCarty extremely uninformed
    and even unaware of the existence of the Armenian Republic after the
    latter stated that "Armenians want recognition of the Genocide to
    create an independent state."

    McCarty is also rich in false discoveries. For example, he has stated
    that Armenians were sponsored by the Russian Empire to destabilize
    the situation in the Ottoman Empire in 1914.

    At any rate, Turkish authorities are concerned with the Genocide issue
    complicating relations with EU. During recent parliamentary hearings,
    foreign minister Gul stated that the Turkish-EU relations are built
    solely upon Copenhagen agreements and will not be obstructed by the
    Genocide issue.

    Turkish Terjuman newspaper that this year April 24 will not be so
    easy to overcome for Turkey. But the newspaper believes that the
    negotiations between the USA and EU on this issue will be mainly
    conditioned by geopolitical factors.

    Milliyet and Yeni Chagh newspapers touched upon the event organized
    in Washington by Turkish-American organizations and called "90 years
    after Turkish-Armenian tragedy in the Ottoman Empire." The reason why
    the article appeared here was that the Turkish speech maker, professor
    Atayov found himself in a very clumsy situation, when representative
    of the Armenian National Committee of America Elizabeth Chouldjian,
    referring to Turkish scientist works, unmasked the lies of Atayov.
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