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THE WORD "GENOCIDE" IN THE SPEECHES OF ATATURK
AZG Armenian Daily
13/11/2007
According to "Noyan Tapan", in the collection of Mustafa Kemal's
speeches published by Turkish National Big Assembly, the incidents
of 1915 are mentioned as "genocide".
In 1987, under Negmettin Karaduman government, Turkish version of
the collection of Ataturk's welcome speeches delivered in Turkish
Meglis from 1920 to 1938 was published, where the word "massacre"
was replaced by "genocide" in the speeches of the founder of Turkey.
Only after 20 years the "inadmissible" mistake was found out. President
of Turkish linguistic company Doctor, Professor Shukryu Haluk Akalun
demanded to correct it immediately.
Below we want to represent a fragment from the collection of Ataturk's
speeches published by Turkish parliament, "English political figures,
in the name of English Foreign Minister, delivered a note that says,
"First, stop the measures against the states of ANTANTA and also
the Greek. Second, renounce the genocide being committed against
Armenians".
AZG Armenian Daily
13/11/2007
According to "Noyan Tapan", in the collection of Mustafa Kemal's
speeches published by Turkish National Big Assembly, the incidents
of 1915 are mentioned as "genocide".
In 1987, under Negmettin Karaduman government, Turkish version of
the collection of Ataturk's welcome speeches delivered in Turkish
Meglis from 1920 to 1938 was published, where the word "massacre"
was replaced by "genocide" in the speeches of the founder of Turkey.
Only after 20 years the "inadmissible" mistake was found out. President
of Turkish linguistic company Doctor, Professor Shukryu Haluk Akalun
demanded to correct it immediately.
Below we want to represent a fragment from the collection of Ataturk's
speeches published by Turkish parliament, "English political figures,
in the name of English Foreign Minister, delivered a note that says,
"First, stop the measures against the states of ANTANTA and also
the Greek. Second, renounce the genocide being committed against
Armenians".