Turks Psychologically Ready To Recognize Armenian

[gamavor]

TURKS PSYCHOLOGICALLY READY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

 

Armenpress

 

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS: Gevork Poghosian, director of the

Philosophy and Psychology Institute, an affiliation of the National

Academy of Sciences, told yesterday that the Turkish society has

matured psychologically to recognize the Armenian genocide, and has

more advanced views than the government officials.

 

He presented findings of a poll conducted jointly with Turkish

counterparts involving 1000 Armenian and 1,219 Turkish citizens

respectively from 21 towns in Armenia and 34 in Turkey.

 

The poll was conducted to reveal the level of mutual awareness. Twenty

percent of Turk respondents said the genocide issue was the main

obstacle to normalization of relations between the two neighboring

nations. This finding, according to Gevork Poghosian is evidence that

Turks accept the fact of the genocide realizing that Turkey will have

to acknowledge this crime sooner or later.

 

The poll also revealed that Armenians know more of Turkey and Turks

than the latter about Armenia. It revealed that Turks believe Armenia

is a bigger country bordering the Black or the Caspian Sea and has

an 8 million population.

 

Poghosian said the results of the poll were covered by Turkish TV

channels, meaning that the authorities have started discussions on

the Armenian genocide with population in an effort to prepare the

public opinion for its acknowledgment.

 

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg109022.html

 

PS: This is what I call proactive and positive thinking!