Yerevan, October 22, ArmenpreSS. Turkey keeps persecuting
and threatening all those individuals, who are not ethnic Turks. In this
respect the Armenians are very vulnerable. The Armenian Genocide of 1915
continues today. Turkish-Armenian journalist Cevat Sinet applied for a
political shelter to the Belgian authorities. Cevat Sinet was subjected to
numerous pressures and threats in Turkey. The cause for the pressures upon the
Turkish-Armenian journalist is the discoveries connected with the death of the
Armenian soldier Sevag Balikci, who was murdered on April 24, 2011 in the
Turkish Army. “Armenpress” News Agency introduces interview with Cevat Sinet
regarding the discrimination against the Armenians in Turkey, the Armenian
Genocide recognition, and a row of other issues as well.
- You have applied to the Belgian authorities for a
political shelter because of the continuous political repressions brought about
in Turkey. What was the reason of those threats?
- I am currently in Belgium. There are so many legal
proceedings instituted against me, that I cannot remember their exact number.
It’s a crime to be an Armenian in Turkey. We are always subjected to the
threats of Government and the state. Particularly, that of the Islamic
extremists.
- Can there be any changes in Turkey's denialism policy,
advancing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide?
- There will be no changes in that policy. It remains an
unrealizable desire to expect justice from the grandsons of those criminals,
who initiated the Armenian Genocide. Huge efforts are made even in the case of
the murder of a single Armenian. How can they recognize the Genocide in this
situation? Where are those people, who assassinated Hrant and Sevag?...
Hundreds of legal proceedings have been instituted against me. Turkey will
never change of its own free will, unless it is compelled to.
- When do You plan to return to Turkey?
- I will return to Turkey only after the arrest of the
real criminals and the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. I will never
return, if this does not happen. If somebody kills me, the assassin will again
remain unpunished. Why should I return?.. (THE FULL VERSION OF THE INTERVIEW IS
AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN).
Interview by Araks Kasyan
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