Hurriyet Turkey believes aides of U.S.-president elect Barack Obama would advise him to refrain from using “genocide” in defining the 1915 incidents. The impression came after Turkish officials held their first contacts with the new administration. A delegation from the Turkish Foreign Ministry had paid a recent visit to Washington to hold a series of [...]
Faruk Loğoğlu, Hurriyet The logic of Turkey taking steps now is presumably to put off the use of the “g” word in the April 24 presidential declaration and to prevent the passage of Armenian resolutions in Congress. I would argue that it is better for Turkey to wait and see what Obama does after January [...]
By Justin McCarthy, Boston Globe, April 25, 1998 During World War 1, Anatolia, the Asiatic section of modern Turkey, was the scene of horrible acts of inhumanity between Armenians and Turks. For many decades, the history of the conflict between the Turks and the Armenians has primarily been written from the viewpoint of the Armenians. [...]
Hurriyet In a move to contribute to Turkish-Armenian ties, Turkey’s Higher Board of Education, or YÖK, will open Armenian language and literature departments at Turkish universities, the Anatolia News Agency reported Friday. Trakya and Nevşehir universities will accept a total of 40 students in the department. Boğaziçi University has been teaching Armenian language since last [...]
Hurriyet The Turkish Parliament urged the parliaments of third party countries not to disrupt the process of rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia with efforts to recognize the 1915-dated events as “genocide”. “Politicians and parliaments cannot judge history, ” said Parliament Speaker Köksal Toptan. “We have always warned the parliaments [of other countries] that such moves [...]