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TURKISH MINISTER SAYS HE CAN REPEAT HIS WORDS ABOUT 1915 EVENTS ELSEWHERE
Anadolu Agency
Feb 13 2012
Turkey
Turkey's European Union (EU) minister and chief negotiator said on
Saturday that it was illogical to call the 1915 events a genocide.
Egemen Bagis said the fact that some EU members had to pass a series of
laws that restrict freedom of speech was illogical, this was contrary
to the principles of the EU constitution that the members had adopted.
"I said in Zurich, I repeat here, and I will repeat elsewhere, that
with our information, according to our records and our sources, it
makes no sense- it-s illogical to call the 1915 events a genocide,"
Bagis told an interview with the Euronews TV channel.
Bagis said Turkey challenged Armenia and other countries to open
their archives, that Turkey created an independent commission in
which they found Armenian historians, Russian, Turkish, European and
American historians.
"That all these countries open their archives so that we can analyse
what really happened in 1915. Thereafter we can assess the situation.
This is an execution without trial. Calling the 1915 events a genocide
based solely on information we have right now, comes from a lobby
that nurtures malicious hatred. We refuse to enter into their games,"
he said.
Anadolu Agency
Feb 13 2012
Turkey
Turkey's European Union (EU) minister and chief negotiator said on
Saturday that it was illogical to call the 1915 events a genocide.
Egemen Bagis said the fact that some EU members had to pass a series of
laws that restrict freedom of speech was illogical, this was contrary
to the principles of the EU constitution that the members had adopted.
"I said in Zurich, I repeat here, and I will repeat elsewhere, that
with our information, according to our records and our sources, it
makes no sense- it-s illogical to call the 1915 events a genocide,"
Bagis told an interview with the Euronews TV channel.
Bagis said Turkey challenged Armenia and other countries to open
their archives, that Turkey created an independent commission in
which they found Armenian historians, Russian, Turkish, European and
American historians.
"That all these countries open their archives so that we can analyse
what really happened in 1915. Thereafter we can assess the situation.
This is an execution without trial. Calling the 1915 events a genocide
based solely on information we have right now, comes from a lobby
that nurtures malicious hatred. We refuse to enter into their games,"
he said.