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TURKISH PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT ON COMMITTEE OF HISTORIANS PROVES TURKEY'S FEEBLE ARGUMENTS - EXPERT
10:58 * 03.02.15
In an interview with Tert.am, expert in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan
commented on Turkish President Recep Erdogan's statement on a committee
of historians.
The recent statements by the Turkish president and prime minister,
as well as by other top-ranking officials, show their arguments are
going through a crisis because the lies underlying Turkish propaganda
have exhausted their potential.
Turks have for thousands of times repeated their lies thus making
themselves unperceived by the conscientious part of Turkey's society
and by the international community.
"Erdogan's latest statement was one of similar statements. It did
not suggest anything new and proved their feeble arguments," Mr
Melkonyan said.
In his latest speech, the Turkish president said that "we are not
obliged to accept the so-called Armenian genocide on anyone's order."
"We are saying, 'If you are sincere on this matter, then come, let's
leave this to historians, let historians study the issue, let's open
our archives,'" Erdogan said.
"Historians said what they wanted to say long ago, and not only
Armenian historians, but also international and even some Turkish
ones. Historians must not always be referred to and leave the issue
in its academic aspects because political figures must hold their own
positions on different issues, regardless of what historians say,"
Mr Melkonyan said.
It is a serious approach for a political figure, because scholars
are always debating and there cannot be one truth, especially for
political figures.
This is one of the manifestations of Turkey's ostrich policy because
Turkish historians themselves refute Erdogan's statements on archives.
They try to study the archives only to face the fact they are
classified for Turkish scholars as well.
"I think he had to make that statement because for so many years
Turkish propaganda has not been able to find new answers and arguments
because they are based on lies," Mr Melkonyan said.
This is nothing but a method to avoid the issue Turkish authorities
have been employing for decades. But they have never succeeded nor
will they.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/03/turkey/1577193
From: Baghdasarian
10:58 * 03.02.15
In an interview with Tert.am, expert in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan
commented on Turkish President Recep Erdogan's statement on a committee
of historians.
The recent statements by the Turkish president and prime minister,
as well as by other top-ranking officials, show their arguments are
going through a crisis because the lies underlying Turkish propaganda
have exhausted their potential.
Turks have for thousands of times repeated their lies thus making
themselves unperceived by the conscientious part of Turkey's society
and by the international community.
"Erdogan's latest statement was one of similar statements. It did
not suggest anything new and proved their feeble arguments," Mr
Melkonyan said.
In his latest speech, the Turkish president said that "we are not
obliged to accept the so-called Armenian genocide on anyone's order."
"We are saying, 'If you are sincere on this matter, then come, let's
leave this to historians, let historians study the issue, let's open
our archives,'" Erdogan said.
"Historians said what they wanted to say long ago, and not only
Armenian historians, but also international and even some Turkish
ones. Historians must not always be referred to and leave the issue
in its academic aspects because political figures must hold their own
positions on different issues, regardless of what historians say,"
Mr Melkonyan said.
It is a serious approach for a political figure, because scholars
are always debating and there cannot be one truth, especially for
political figures.
This is one of the manifestations of Turkey's ostrich policy because
Turkish historians themselves refute Erdogan's statements on archives.
They try to study the archives only to face the fact they are
classified for Turkish scholars as well.
"I think he had to make that statement because for so many years
Turkish propaganda has not been able to find new answers and arguments
because they are based on lies," Mr Melkonyan said.
This is nothing but a method to avoid the issue Turkish authorities
have been employing for decades. But they have never succeeded nor
will they.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/03/turkey/1577193
From: Baghdasarian