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TURKISH PUBLICIST: HAVING LINKED ITS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH ARMENIA WITH THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT TURKEY HAS BECOME A PARTY TO IT
arminfo
Wednesday, January 23, 09:38
Having linked its rapprochement with Armenia with the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict Turkey has become a party to it, well-known Turkish human
rights defender, the owner of Belge Publishing House Ragip Zarakolu
said at a press-conference in Yerevan on Tuesday.
He said that by supporting Azerbaijan Turkey is preventing the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Zarakolu believes that the conflict was a result of nationalist
moods in Baku - something that urged the Armenian people to demand
self-determination in order to avoid a new genocide.
Zarakolu said that being an advocate of self-determination for other
nations, Ankara does not wish to give this right to the Armenians. And
this is the key obstacle to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and the key proof that Pan-Turkism is still alive in Turkey.
Zarakolu believes that Turkey's refusal to open its border with
Armenia is a shameful act. He admitted that Armenia did it best to
improve its relations with Turkey, while Turkey did all it could to
wreck this process. Though saying that Kurds and the Armenian Genocide
constitute a threat to its national security, Turkey has got involved
into a dangerous adventure in Syria.
According to Zarakolu, now that the Turkish society is becoming more
civilized, this unacceptable position is changing. There are a number
of human rights organizations in Turkey that have already begun to
commemorate Apr 24 as the Day of the Armenian Genocide. "This is a
hard process, but it has already been started," Zarakolu said.
arminfo
Wednesday, January 23, 09:38
Having linked its rapprochement with Armenia with the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict Turkey has become a party to it, well-known Turkish human
rights defender, the owner of Belge Publishing House Ragip Zarakolu
said at a press-conference in Yerevan on Tuesday.
He said that by supporting Azerbaijan Turkey is preventing the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Zarakolu believes that the conflict was a result of nationalist
moods in Baku - something that urged the Armenian people to demand
self-determination in order to avoid a new genocide.
Zarakolu said that being an advocate of self-determination for other
nations, Ankara does not wish to give this right to the Armenians. And
this is the key obstacle to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and the key proof that Pan-Turkism is still alive in Turkey.
Zarakolu believes that Turkey's refusal to open its border with
Armenia is a shameful act. He admitted that Armenia did it best to
improve its relations with Turkey, while Turkey did all it could to
wreck this process. Though saying that Kurds and the Armenian Genocide
constitute a threat to its national security, Turkey has got involved
into a dangerous adventure in Syria.
According to Zarakolu, now that the Turkish society is becoming more
civilized, this unacceptable position is changing. There are a number
of human rights organizations in Turkey that have already begun to
commemorate Apr 24 as the Day of the Armenian Genocide. "This is a
hard process, but it has already been started," Zarakolu said.