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TURKISH MASS MEDIA WORKS UNDER RESTRICTIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.09.2008 15:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The mass media in Turkey, including the
Armenian-language press, works under certain restrictions, Ara
Kochunyan, editor-in-chief of Zhamanak Istanbul-based Armenian-language
newspaper, told a news conference in Yerevan.
"We do not use the term 'genocide' in our newspaper not because we deny
this fact. This is a very sensitive issue in Turkey. Our newspaper
publishes various versions of the 1915 events and the readers make
conclusions," he said, adding that terminology is given a back seat
in the issue.
"The Armenian community of Istanbul is in an awkward position. On the
one hand, we are Turkish citizens. On the other hand, we are the heirs
of the victims of the 1915 events, when several dozens of thousands
of people was all that has remained from a 200-thousand Armenian
community. We have to keep it in mind," Kochunyan said and added,
"Each editor has his "inner censor."
Zhamanak was based in 1908 and is one of a few Armenian-language
newspapers in the Diaspora.
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.09.2008 15:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The mass media in Turkey, including the
Armenian-language press, works under certain restrictions, Ara
Kochunyan, editor-in-chief of Zhamanak Istanbul-based Armenian-language
newspaper, told a news conference in Yerevan.
"We do not use the term 'genocide' in our newspaper not because we deny
this fact. This is a very sensitive issue in Turkey. Our newspaper
publishes various versions of the 1915 events and the readers make
conclusions," he said, adding that terminology is given a back seat
in the issue.
"The Armenian community of Istanbul is in an awkward position. On the
one hand, we are Turkish citizens. On the other hand, we are the heirs
of the victims of the 1915 events, when several dozens of thousands
of people was all that has remained from a 200-thousand Armenian
community. We have to keep it in mind," Kochunyan said and added,
"Each editor has his "inner censor."
Zhamanak was based in 1908 and is one of a few Armenian-language
newspapers in the Diaspora.