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Post by Bozur on Apr 10, 2005 0:46:29 GMT -5
German opposition urges Turks to ponder Armenia BERLIN (AP) - Germany’s conservative opposition has submitted a parliamentary motion calling for Turkey to examine its role in the killing of Armenians nearly a century ago, a senior lawmaker said yesterday, drawing criticism from Ankara’s ambassador in Berlin. The motion urges the German government to push for Turkey to “look without reservations at its role towards the Armenian people in the past and present” and to “champion freedom of opinion in Turkey, particularly concerning the massacre of Armenians.” No date has been set for any vote. www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=53480
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Post by Bozur on Apr 10, 2005 3:46:37 GMT -5
Armenia probe Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan called yesterday for an impartial study of Armenian claims that their people suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turkish troops during and after WWI. Turkey has always denied the genocide claims but has been irked by growing calls, especially from within the EU, that it recognize a genocide occurred as an historic fact. “We have opened our archives to those people who claim there was genocide. If they are sincere, they should also open their archives,” Erdogan said. (Reuters) www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=53846
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Post by Bozur on Apr 10, 2005 4:07:56 GMT -5
Armenia rejects proposal YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia yesterday rejected a Turkish proposal for an impartial panel of historians to test Armenian claims their people suffered a genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turkey. “The historians have already said their piece and it is now down to Turkey to determine its attitude,” Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan said in an interview with Reuters. “It is not a question for historians. They have already done their work... But since Turkey denies this, this has become a political issue and so needs a political solution,” he said. Armenia says the genocide is an established historical fact. It says 1.5 million Armenians died between 1915 and 1923 on Ottoman territory in a systematic genocide. Turkey denies any genocide, saying the Armenians were victims of a partisan war which also claimed many Muslim Turkish lives. Turkey accuses Armenians of carrying out massacres while siding with invading Russian troops. But Ankara is keen to show it has nothing to hide amid growing calls, including from members of the European Union it seeks to join, for it to recognize that a genocide took place. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Tuesday that teams of historians from both sides should be given full access to state archives in Turkey and Armenia to settle the argument once and for all. Armenians will mark the 90th anniversary of the killings on April 24. Turkey has no diplomatic relations with its tiny neighbor Armenia and its border has been closed since 1993 in protest against the Armenian occupation of part of the territory of Ankara’s regional ally Azerbaijan. www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=53934
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