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    ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE ACCEPTS TURKISH THESIS RE. ARMENIAN 'GENOCIDE'

    PoliGazette
    July 2, 2008
    Netherlands

    Good news for Turkey, and for those who believe that what happened
    to the Armenians does not or at least may not constitute genocide
    and that Armenians should open their archives to historians: the
    Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe agrees. The
    OSCE is the biggest international organization behind the United
    Nations. As such, this is a big victory for the Turks and, as far as
    I am concerned, for the truth.

    55 states have joined the OSCE in recent decades. The list of the
    member states can be found here. The Netherlands is a member, Germany
    is a member, Turkey is a member, Belarus is, Belgium is as well, the
    USA is, and so is the UK. It's a gigantic organization, and quite an
    important one at that.

    The Turks wanted the general assembly to adopt a motion it submitted
    about the genocide allegations. The motion dismisses the allegations,
    saying that historians should decide whether something constitutes
    genocide or not, and calls on all groups and countries involved to
    open their archives to said historians for research. Turkey opened its
    archives years ago already, whereas Armenia and Armenian organizations
    refuse to do so (probably because the archives prove the Turkish
    charges that Armenians committed some serious ethnic cleansing
    themselves and because these archives may very well disprove the
    charge of genocide... disproving it by Armenians).

    Alaattin Buyukkaya, who leads the Turkish group at the OSCE
    Parliamentary Assembly, told reporters Wednesday: "The OSCE is the
    biggest international organization behind the United Nations. Adoption
    of the Turkish thesis by the OSCE is a significant achievement against
    the Armenian allegations. Also, the Turkish thesis regarding the
    events of 1915 was adopted for the first time on an international
    platform. The OSCE has 56 member states. Only Armenia voted against
    the motion. A majority of the other member states voted in favor of
    it," he said.

    "The motion says that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly encourages the
    formation of joint history commissions by historians and experts from
    the third countries in case of a research into political and military
    archives to scientifically and unbiasedly enlighten a disputed period
    in history in an effort to serve transparency and common understanding
    among the member states," Buyukkaya added.

    This is a significant victory for the no-genocide side. More
    organizations and countries, I am sure, will follow in future
    years. Lets not forget that the European Union too changed its
    official position on the events of 1915. The Union too wants all those
    involved to open the archives so that historians can do research and
    cast judgment. This is something Armenian activists are trying to
    prevent. And desperately so.

    The reason? Simple. Lands and money. For Armenian activists and the
    Armenian government, this isn't about ethnic cleansing of genocide;
    it's about lands and financial compensation (take a look at the
    Armenian constitution I'd say; the Armenians still claim Eastern
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