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Turkish PM Erdogan: Turkey is not Afraid of History |
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Thursday, 14 April 2005ANKARA (JTW) ŌĒō Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said "Turkey is not afraid of its history". Erdogan argued that there should be an open discussion on Armenian allegations about the Ottoman policies towards its Armenian citizens during the World War One.
Addressing a meeting of parliamentary deputies of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated his call for an open and objective study of the allegations. "Our archives are open to all. The Armenians and others should open their archives and should be open to dialogue" Erdogan added.
"Medicine has yet to find a cure for those who do not want to open their eyes to history," Erdogan said. Erdogan argued that some are biased on the issue and could not be convinced with the archive documents or any other proof.
Armenian side had rejected Turkish calls to open all archives. Tashnaks' Boston Archive is still closed and many documents regarding relations with Turks and Germany are still missing.
The Armenians rioted during the First World War against the Ottoman Empire and the Istanbul Government took the Resettlement Decision. Thousands of Armenians were resettled to the provinces far away from the war theatre. Many Armenians joined the Russian army and attacked the Turkish and Kurdish towns. More than 500,000 Muslim Ottoman citizens were massacred by the Armenian armed gangs.
JTW
14 April 2005
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Thursday, 14 April 2005
Turks and Armenians
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