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    NTV MSNBC, Turkey
    Feb 2 2005


    Turkish parliament to discuss Armenian genocide claims

    The parliament's committee for harmonisation with the European Union
    invited Armenian societies and unbiased Armenian and Turkish
    historians to attend the session.


    February 2 - The Turkish parliament's committee for harmonisation with
    the European Union has announced that it will investigate claims by
    Armenians that the Ottoman Empire committed acts of genocide against
    its Armenian citizens during World War One.

    Ali Riza Alaboyun, the deputy chairman of the parliamentary
    committee, said that some Armenian groups have agreed to the discuss
    the issues and settle the Armenian genocide claims that have been
    levelled at Turkey by many groups and organisations.
    `I do not believe that in our history there is anything to be
    ashamed of,' Alaboyun said. `There is lack of information. We shall
    take the initiative in hand and have an unbiased assessment of events
    occurring away from us.'
    Onur Oymen, a member of the opposition Republican People's
    Party who also sits on the committee, said that Armenians distribute
    publications targeting Turkey on the genocide claims and that Turkey
    should make sure to send out material refuting the allegations.
    The decision to discuss the Armenian claims comes on the 90th
    anniversary of the alleged Armenian genocide. In April this year, the
    parliaments of a number of countries are to hold a vote on whether to
    recognise the allegations against the Ottoman Empire, with the
    so-called genocide also to be commemorated by massive events staged
    by the Armenians.
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