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  • Erdogan Says Armenia 'Fixed' April 24 Date To Coincide With Gallipol

    ERDOGAN SAYS ARMENIA 'FIXED' APRIL 24 DATE TO COINCIDE WITH GALLIPOLI EVENTS

    Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

    PARIS--Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Armenia of
    "fixing" the April 24 date to coincide with the anniversary of the
    Battle of Gallipoli.

    In an interview with France 24 television, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
    Turkey is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Battles
    and "we are in no position to obtain permission from Armenia."

    "It is a date in history and it has nothing to do with the ceremonies
    in Armenia. Quite on the contrary, they fixed their ceremonies to
    coincide with our date," Erdogan said.

    Speaking about problems between Armenia and Turkey, he said it was
    Ankara that always "took a positive step" and "extended our hand
    in peace."

    The Turkish government to this day refuses to acknowledge that the
    systematic, state-sponsored murder of 1.5 million Armenians and
    the exile of Armenians from their historic homelands constitutes a
    genocide. Instead, the Turkish state claims that it was Armenians who
    killed Turks and that Armenians were relocated from their homes for
    their own safety. Writers and public figures in Turkey are arrested
    regularly for speaking about the Armenian Genocide, which is illegal
    in Turkey under certain circumstances.

    Turkey and Armenia also have no diplomatic relations. Turkey
    closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in a show of support for its
    co-ethnic ally, Azerbaijan, when war broke out over Artsakh. Turkey
    has conditioned its normalization of ties with Armenia on the ceding
    of Artsakh to Azerbaijan and the abandonment of claims over the
    Armenian Genocide.

    http://asbarez.com/133522/erdogan-says-armenia-%E2%80%98fixed%E2%80%99-april-24-date-to-coincide-with-gallipoli-events/

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