Turkish human rights activist and scientist Sait
Cetinoglu dedicated his speech during the Second Global Forum against the Crime
of Genocide to famous Armenian novelist, Zabel Yesayan’s memory. It should be
noted that Yesayan was the only woman on the list of Armenian intellectuals
targeted for arrest and deportation by the Ottoman Young Turk government on
April 24, 1915.
She was able to evade arrest and flee to Bulgaria and then
to the Caucasus, where she worked with refugees documenting their eyewitness
accounts of atrocities that had taken place during the Armenian Genocide.
Cetinoglu made his speech during the first session of the
forum concerning Genocide and deportation.
The activist also noted that the President of Turkey,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan censored Turkish politician’s book on the Armenian
Genocide.
According to Cetinoglu, many Turkish politicians and
writers on the Genocide have told times again how it all happened, yet ‘it was
Armenians that felt the pain, it was Armenians that have suffered the tragedy’.
“Sevan, an Armenian in Turkey is charged with 25 years of
imprisonment for illegal construction. Most of the construction in the country
is illegal, yet it is Sevan Nshanyan who has been charged with 25 years of
imprisonment. He has been imprisoned for a book against Islam and Turkish
authorities. This is imbalance,” Cetinoglu stated.
According to him, to admit and condemn the Armenian
Genocide, everyone in Turkey should acknowledge the collective responsibility
for the Genocide and then ask for forgiveness.
“A ‘Never Again’ memorial should be built and the
compensation activities should be launched,” added Cetinoglu.
Source Panorama.am
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