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GENOCIDE? WHAT GENOCIDE? TURKISH MINISTER SAYS 'TURKEY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GENOCIDE IS'
Asbarez
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Turkey EU-Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis is a notorious Genocide denier
ANKARA--Notorious Genocide-denying Turkish Minister of EU Affairs
said Tuesday that Turkey doesn't know what Genocide is, claiming,
once again, that there was never a Genocide in Turkey's history.
Egemen Bagis comments came during the opening ceremony of an
educational facility, where he also expressed his opposition to a
decision in France to include the Armenian Genocide as part of French
public school curriculum.
"If only all countries' past had been simple and transparent just like
Turkey's past. No genocides have occurred in Turkey's history. What's
genocide? Turkey doesn't know what genocide is," Bagis told the
Milliyet daily.
Bagis claimed that Turks are proud of their history and forebears.
France announced that it has included a chapter about the Armenian
Genocide in secondary school textbooks, which will be used across
the country.
Bagis was quick to voice Turkey's "strong protest" over this decision
urging Paris to not test bilateral relations "once again," reported
the Hurriyet newspaper.
"I call on the French authorities to intensify efforts to resolve
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group
rather than distort the historical facts," Bagis said.
Turkish Education Ministry officials said they will first need to
examine the book and see if it "includes phrases that incriminate
Turkey and they will respond in line with international law through
diplomatic channels."
Today's Zaman reported that the chairman of the Turkish Parliament's
powerful education committee accused the French government of planting
the seeds of hate with its move to include the Armenian Genocide in
history and geography books.
Nabi Avcı, chairman of the National Education, Culture, Youth and
Sports Commission, told Today's Zaman in a phone interview on Monday
that "the erosion of French culture and moving to the radical right in
French politics that started with [former president Nicolas] Sarkozy
continues to have a negative impact on the French education system."
"I just hope that sensible French intellectuals will raise their
voices against this kind of provocative move that will plant seeds
of hate into minds of young people in France," he added.
Asbarez
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Turkey EU-Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis is a notorious Genocide denier
ANKARA--Notorious Genocide-denying Turkish Minister of EU Affairs
said Tuesday that Turkey doesn't know what Genocide is, claiming,
once again, that there was never a Genocide in Turkey's history.
Egemen Bagis comments came during the opening ceremony of an
educational facility, where he also expressed his opposition to a
decision in France to include the Armenian Genocide as part of French
public school curriculum.
"If only all countries' past had been simple and transparent just like
Turkey's past. No genocides have occurred in Turkey's history. What's
genocide? Turkey doesn't know what genocide is," Bagis told the
Milliyet daily.
Bagis claimed that Turks are proud of their history and forebears.
France announced that it has included a chapter about the Armenian
Genocide in secondary school textbooks, which will be used across
the country.
Bagis was quick to voice Turkey's "strong protest" over this decision
urging Paris to not test bilateral relations "once again," reported
the Hurriyet newspaper.
"I call on the French authorities to intensify efforts to resolve
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group
rather than distort the historical facts," Bagis said.
Turkish Education Ministry officials said they will first need to
examine the book and see if it "includes phrases that incriminate
Turkey and they will respond in line with international law through
diplomatic channels."
Today's Zaman reported that the chairman of the Turkish Parliament's
powerful education committee accused the French government of planting
the seeds of hate with its move to include the Armenian Genocide in
history and geography books.
Nabi Avcı, chairman of the National Education, Culture, Youth and
Sports Commission, told Today's Zaman in a phone interview on Monday
that "the erosion of French culture and moving to the radical right in
French politics that started with [former president Nicolas] Sarkozy
continues to have a negative impact on the French education system."
"I just hope that sensible French intellectuals will raise their
voices against this kind of provocative move that will plant seeds
of hate into minds of young people in France," he added.