MosJan Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 WANNA BE DEMOCRATIC? RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE! Another call addressed to Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide is voiced in an article published in December 12 issue of influential German ‘Die Welt’ newspaper, written by Hans Stein. In a reference to repeated claims that Turkey has made progress in moving ahead with meeting democratic values respected by the civilized nation of Europe in a bid to seek EU membership, the author of the article says that the Turks should follow the examples of such democratic countries like France, USA and Germany and accept the mistakes of its past. He says that France can be considered a democratic state for it has accepted the atrocities committed towards Algerians; USA is considered a civilized state for everybody there knows that the British settlers slaughtered whole villages of native Indians; Germany has officially recognized the Holocaust and apologized in front of the Jewish people… And it is the high time that Turkey recognizes the 1915 Armenian genocide, in order to gain a right to be placed next to these civilized sates. ‘The Armenian Genocide is a fact, which is proved by written testimonies of such eminent figures as German writer Armin Wagner, American ambassador to Turkey of those days Henry Morgenthau and Austrian military diplomat Pomiankovski’,- writes Mr. Stein, stressing that there can be no doubt about it being a historical truth. © Copyright AZG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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