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    Pan Armenian News

    WORD «ARMENIAN» HAS IMPORTANT ROLE IN TURKISH IDENTITY


    24.05.2005 06:20

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Even if today the Turkish authorties recognize they have
    made mistakes toward Armenians, it will shake the whole world, stated
    Editor-in-Chief of the Agos Turkish journal Hrant Dink, when commenting on
    the holding of Ottoman Armenians in Period of Collapse of the Empire:
    questions of scientific policy and democracy conference in Istanbul,
    reported the Yerkir newspaper. Answering a question why Turkey flatly denies
    the Armenian Genocide, Dink noted, `The word `Armenian' plays an important
    role in the structure of the Turkish identity. Each misfortune, event the
    Kurdish problem, is connected with that word. It came to them calling
    Abdullah Ocalan an Armenian,' Dink stated. He also noted that the Turkish
    authorities are concerned over another issue - where the property of
    Armenian has gone.
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