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    Turkish journalist on Armenian Genocide

    tert.am
    13:26 - 30.04.12


    After a recent visit to Yerevan, journalist of the Turkish Radikal
    Fehim Tashtekin has shared his impressions of the April 24 Genocide
    Commemoration Day.

    In his author column, the publicist first refers to a meeting with
    French-Armenian artist David Yerevantsi, the author of the sculpture
    dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Armenian printing art.

    `The statue created by the France-based ethnic Armenian was unveiled
    on April 24, and the moment I met him, he was being photographed with
    people who wished to have a picture with him,' he said.

    Yerevantsi's statue, Msho Tcharyntir (Select pieces from Moush),
    symbolizes a woman who rescued a book while emigrating from the
    historical Armenian town of Moush.

    Tashtekin says the sculptor was very much surprised to see a Turkish
    journalist in Yerevan on April 24. When asked by Yerevantsi what he
    thinks of the Genocide, the columnist answered, `That's our grief
    too.'

    `Considering the 1915 [events] a genocide is an extremely crucial
    fact. The museum dedicated to the Genocide is visible from different
    parts of the city,' he notes.

    The journalist also addresses the failed normalization process between
    Turkey and Armenia process.

    `It is clear why the 2009 protocols between Armenia and Turkey failed;
    it is necessary first of all to settle the Genocide-related disputes.
    Even though it is not being officially declared, the protocols will be
    never ratified unless the Genocide is acknowledged,' he adds.
    Tashketin is hopeful Turkey will take certain steps ahead of the 100th
    anniversary of Genocide, but notes in the meantime that no one in
    Armenia expects a reconciliation within a short period.


    `Turkey has closed its border with Armenia because of Karabakh. But no
    one in Yerevan hopes for a quick settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
    Therefore I wish these two issues to be distinct from each other. To
    be frank, 2015 is a psychological barrier for all. Armenia is as far
    from the idea of ceding Karabakh as Turks are unlikely to ever visit
    the Genocide Memorial with flowers. That means taboos mark the real
    borders,' he comments.

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