Vice Speaker: Turkey to remain adamant in denying its crime against Armenians
24.04.2013,
14:38
Turkey will not stop denying its crime against Armenians in two years (by the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide committed in Ottoman Empire), Armenian National Assembly Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said today.
YEREVAN, April 24. /ARKA/. Turkey will not stop denying its crime against Armenians in two years (by the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide committed in Ottoman Empire), Armenian National Assembly Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said today.
This year, on April 24, Armenians all over the world mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
“I am not so optimistic to believe that something can be changed in Erdogan or Gul’s (Turkish prime minister and president) mentality in two years,” Sharmazanov said.
He said he would like the Turkish government to follow the example of those Turkish intellectuals who have apologized to Armenian people and admitted their nation’s past.
The vice-speaker also said that Ankara will admit the fact of the genocide sooner or later, “since a lie can’t reign forever”.
He said that all democratic countries and politicians should combat the denial policy this century.
They should struggle against it to prevent such crimes in the future.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. Turkey has been denying it for decades. The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-
