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    ARMENIANS REJECT ESTABLISHING TIES WITH TURKEY

    Angus Reid Global Monitor
    http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/34421 /armenians_reject_establishing_ties_with_turkey
    No v 2 2009
    Canada

    (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in Armenia think their
    country should not establish ties with neighbouring Turkey, according
    to a poll by the Armenian Sociological Association. 52 per cent of
    respondents oppose relations with Turkey, while 39 per cent support
    them.

    The recent history of Turkey's neighbour is deeply marked by the deaths
    of thousands of Armenians in 1915 following an order by the government
    of the Ottoman Empire--formed by members of the Turkish nationalist
    Committee of Union and Progress (ITC)--urging thousands of Armenians
    to relocate from the Caucasus to the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia.

    The state-sponsored deportation campaign led to a high number of
    fatalities, estimated at anywhere from 200,000 to 1.8 million. While
    some scholars believe the campaign was a deliberate attempt to
    exterminate Armenians, Turkey has never formally accepted the use of
    the term "genocide" to describe the event. Relations between the two
    countries remain tense to this day because of it.

    Currently, many adults in Armenia believe their border with Turkey
    should not be reopened unless there is an official acknowledgement
    of the genocide.

    On Oct. 10, Armenian foreign minister Edouard Nalbandian and his
    Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, signed an agreement in Zurich,
    Switzerland, calling for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian
    relations.

    The legislatures of both countries have to ratify the pact--which
    includes opening the border and establishing diplomatic
    relations--before it can be implemented. The agreement also calls
    for setting up an independent commission of historians to examine
    the genocide issue.

    Just before the signing ceremony on Oct. 10, Armenian president
    Serge Sarkisian declared: "Any relations with Turkey cannot call into
    question that genocide was committed against the Armenian people. This
    should be recognized and condemned by humankind."

    Polling Data

    Do you support or oppose a deal to establish ties with Turkey?

    Support 39%

    Oppose 52%

    Source: Armenian Sociological Association Methodology: Interviews
    with 1,000 Armenian adults, conducted from Sept. 21 to Sept. 25,
    2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
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