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  • ANKARA: Germany to Approve 'Armenian Genocide' Resolution

    Zaman, Turkey
    June 16 2005

    Germany to Approve 'Armenian Genocide' Resolution
    By Suleyman Bag, Hakki Tas
    Published: Thursday 16, 2005
    zaman.com


    Today the German federal parliament, The Bundestag, is expected to
    approve a draft resolution on the alleged Armenian genocide prepared
    by the German main opposition parties, Christian Democratic Union
    (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU).

    The draft acquired by Zaman does not itself determine the incidents
    occurred during the Ottoman period as "genocide", but emphasis is
    made that many independent historians, parliaments and international
    organizations determine the Armenian expulsion and murder as
    "genocide". All political parties in Bundestag agreed to approve the
    final version of the draft without any discussion, according to German
    newspaper Die Welt. Although the Armenian exchange policy is not termed
    "genocide" in the main body of the draft, the justification section
    states that many independent historians, parliament and international
    organizations define the forceful expulsion of the Armenians and
    their annihilation as genocide.

    Opening the borders between Turkey and Armenia and launching diplomatic
    relations would make positive contributions for developing bilateral
    relations according to the draft. One key sentence saying, "The
    incident is judged to have caused the total termination of almost
    all Armenians in Anatolia" grab the attention. Diplomatic sources
    told Zaman that the damage by such an approval on Turkish-German
    relations was expressed to top-level German officials. Turkey's unease
    was conveyed to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder by the Turkish
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
    during the Chancellor's visit to Turkey and the Turkish Ambassador
    in Germany Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik has reiterated the discomfort as
    well, a high level diplomatic source explained. Due to the internal
    political balances, Ankara thinks that biased attitudes have been
    adopted against Turkey and calls for a change in the draft.
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