“Taraf” Columnist Accuses Turkey in Blacking Out Information on Armenian Genocide

YEREVAN -- Lately Turkish columnists are frequently referring to the posi tion of former and current Turkish governments over Armenian Genocide. This time the issue was highlighted my “Taraf” columnist Serdar Gaya.As reports Armenpress referring to “Marmara” daily, publ ished in Istanbul , in his article Gaya has reminded that in 1915 Young Turks deported or massacred the majori ty of Armenians living in Anatol ia el iminating thousands of Armenians living in this area for years.

“Even though year after year Anatolia’s Musl ims lived with Armenians they very easily forgot Armenians. Armenians, as wel l as their villages and churches very

quickly vanished from their memory,” writes columnist. He highlights only after 1973 numerous demands on recognizing Armenian Genocide made Turkey “remember” its past with Armenians.

“For Turkish Armenian identity is nothing else but a political meaning formed with sense of hostility,” Gayan writes.

Columnist refers to UN Declaration on Genocide signed by Turkey in 1950, underlining that Turkish side signed the document wi thout acknowledging the meaning of word “genocide”. For such a situation he accused Turkish state which “blocked all sources of information”.

“That is why Turkish citizens are surprised and then angry when hearing about events of 1915,” Gayan writes, adding that reaction of Turkish residents is not surprising when facing the issue of Kurdish Genocide committed on physical or cultural territories.

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