Cemal P asha’s grandson issues book on Armenian Genocide

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Cemal *****’s grandson issues book on Armenian Genocide

http://media.pn.am/media/issue/122/225/photo/122225.jpgSeptember 9, 2012 - 16:01 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The grandson of Cemal *****, one of the masterminds of the Armenian Genocide issued a book titled “1915: The Armenian Genocide.”

 

The news was first reported by Istanbul-based Agos weekly and confirmed by journalist Yavuz Baidar on Twitter.

 

“Armenians in Turkey were Russia-oriented and Turks had to kill them. That’s why the Genocide happened,” Hasan Cemal quotes his grandfather as saying in Munich in 1919.

 

Cemal is columnist at Milliyet newspaper. In 2008, he visited the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan. His note in the memory book says: “To deny the Genocide would mean to be an accomplice in this crime against humanity.”

 

Ahmed Cemal ***** was killed in Tbilisi in July 1922 by Stepan Dzaghigian, Artashes Gevorgyan and Petros Ter Poghosyan as part of Operation Nemesis for his role in the Armenian Genocide. His remains were brought to Erzerum and buried there.

 

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OWEN, CEMAL AND 1915

 

Today's Zaman

Sept 11 2012

Turkey

 

ORHAN KEMAL CENGÄ°Z

 

Last week I read two pieces one after another. The first was published

in the British newspaper The Independent. Owen Jones's article bore

the headline "William Hague is wrong ... we must own up to our brutal

colonial past."

 

The article was quite interesting for a number of reasons. The first

was obvious: A country known as a bastion of democracy is being

invited to face its past. And from this article we understood that

"facing history is still a hot debate," even in a place like the UK.

 

Owen started his article with a few quotes from British Foreign

Secretary William Hague: "We have to get out of this post-colonial

guilt. ... Be confident in ourselves."

 

Jones's article is a challenge to the "lets forget everything and

reach eternal peace" mentality. Hague's way of relating to the past

is quite popular in Turkey, as you probably know. Interestingly, Owen

was criticizing Hague's approach to history by making a comparison

with British expectations of Turkey. Owen said, "A foreign country

such as Turkey can rightly be berated for failing to come to terms

with an atrocity like the Armenian Genocide, but the darkest moments

of our own history are intentionally forgotten."

 

After reading Owen's piece in The Independent, I came across a few

interviews with Hasan Cemal in different newspapers, all of which were

about his new book titled "1915: Armenian Genocide." The book has not

yet been published, but it is already quite famous in Turkey. Some

criticize Cemal while some praise him for his soon-to-be-published

book.

 

Cemal is quite a well-known figure in Turkey. He is a journalist

and writer, writing a regular column for the Milliyet daily. He is

the grandson of Cemal PaÅ~_a, one of the three leaders of Ä°ttihat

ve Terakki Cemiyeti (Committee of Union and Progress [CUP]), which

organized the massacres of the Armenians in 1915.

 

I think his book is quite timely and meaningful. So far I have only

seen the cover of the book and read a few sentences from its preface.

 

On the cover, Cemal's photo appears; in it, he lays flowers at the

site of the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan. Obviously, the

book will spark quite an intense debate in the coming days, and the

discussion has already begun.

 

Like Owen, Cemal emphasized the importance of facing the past in

the interviews he gave. He said: "We cannot move forward without

confronting and taking into consideration the events of the past. We

cannot keep an eye on the anguish of the past. Moreover, the pain of

1915 is not a story, it is a current day issue."

 

I want to conclude this piece with some words I underlined in the

preface to Cemal's new book:

 

"I cannot forget that Yerevan morning in September 2008. In the

first sunlight of the morning, the peak of Mount Agrı [Ararat]

would emerge and then vanish in the fog. 'The hand of history,' I

had written that morning, 'will show the way for those who wish to

see.' In 1919, the colonial army of England had opened fire on people

in India, committing a crime against humanity by bloodying its hands

with the Amritsar Massacre. In 1997, Queen of England Elizabeth II,

while apologizing to the people of India, had said that what happened

in Amritsar was a tragedy, but 'history cannot be rewritten, however

much we might sometimes wish otherwise.' Surely we cannot change

history; however, facing history is in our hands. Without facing the

grim realities of the past, how can we ever move forward? We cannot

remain silent in the face of pain! We cannot allow yesterday to take

today hostage. ... Real peace and democracy can unfortunately only

be arrived at by passing through intolerable pain, as in the case

of Hrant Dink, through paying a big price. It is evident that some

stones in the lives of certain societies don't happen without the

paying of a price, or they don't sit where they are supposed to."

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TURKISH JOURNALIST WRITES BOOK ON "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"

 

Now Lebanon

Sept 13 2012

Lebanon

 

A veteran Turkish journalist has characterized the World War I

massacre of Armenians in his country as genocide in a new book,

defying the government's stance on the sensitive issue.

 

Hasan Cemal - a columnist with the Milliyet daily, and the grandson

of WWI Ottoman Empire general Cemal ***** - lays out the evolution

of his thinking on the issue in the book "1915: The Armenian Genocide."

 

"The pain of 1915 is not an issue of the past, but of the present,"

he writes in the foreword. "We can only find peace and finally rest

by making our peace with history - but with the real history, not

an invented or altered one like ours - and ridding ourselves of the

virus of exploiting it."

 

Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their forebears were killed in

a 1915-16 genocide by the Ottoman Empire. Turkey says 500,000 died

of fighting and starvation during WWI and categorically rejects the

term genocide.

 

The Turkish official view has been disputed in the country by some

academics and intellectuals since the late 1990s. Some historians in

2005 held a conference to debate the Armenian question.

 

"I know your pain of the genocide, I share it," Cemal last year told

a Los Angeles conference attended by many members of the Armenian

diaspora.

 

He distanced himself from the Turkish state ideology even though his

grandfather was murdered by an Armenian activist in Tbilisi in 1922.

 

Turkey's Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk went on trial in Turkey for telling

a Swiss newspaper in 2005 that his country had killed "30,000 Kurds and

one million Armenians", but later the charges against him were dropped.

 

http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=436134

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Struma and 1915

 

Today's Zaman

Sept 18 2012

Turkey

 

YAVUZ BAYDAR

 

"Apology, in my opinion, is secondary. First and foremost, the emphasis

should be on this society's courage to face the sins of the past. We

were deprived of it until today. We are a frightened society.

 

I am not ashamed to say this. We were fed this fear, we were scared

throughout all our lives. Our ruling system has been based on fear. We

have to change that. The only way is to confront our past."

 

These are the words of Ä°shak Alaton, a prominent octogenarian

businessman of Jewish origin. After releasing his memoirs not so long

ago, Alaton has become more and more vocal, calling endlessly for an

end to the bloody Kurdish conflict as one of the "wise men" ready to

be part of a dialogue on reconciliation, asking for the courage to

face the crimes that were committed during the collapse of Ottoman

rule and asking citizens to speak out.

 

When a ship called the Struma was dragged to the port of Old Ä°stanbul,

Alaton was a 15-year-old witness to the agony onboard. The 60-year-old

vessel was the last hope of 769 Romanian Jews fleeing the Nazis,

but its engines had stopped at the Black Sea end of the Bosporus. The

issue led to pressure on Ankara from Adolf Hitler's regime, and after

72 days of despair, the Struma was sent by Turkish authorities back

into the Black Sea, where it was torpedoed by the Soviet navy. Only

one person survived.

 

"Those responsible for this in Ankara are, to my mind, murderers. This

society, of which I am a part, has a problem with hiding from its

past. We pretend that if we lock them away the problems will be gone.

 

But the corpses that rot in there poison the air that we breathe. Is

any serenity possible without confrontation? Let us do it, so that

we can make peace with the past."

 

The Struma disaster is the subject of a new book written by Halit

Kakınc, and its preface is written by, yes, Alaton himself.

 

It is not for nothing that I keep coming back to the subject of "genies

out of the bottle." Only days after the release of the Struma book,

another hit the shelves -- a potential intellectual bombshell.

 

"1915: Armenian Genocide" is its title and, not only due to its cover

but also its groundbreaking content, it overwhelms many others that

have been published. What makes the book outstanding and unique is

that it was written by Hasan Cemal, an internationally renowned editor

and columnist who is the grandson of Cemal *****.

 

This kinship is key to understanding the book's historic significance:

Cemal ***** was a member of the triumvirate, whose other parts were

Talat and Enver *****, responsible for the Great Armenian Tragedy,

which started with a mass deportation of Ottoman Armenians from their

homelands and ended with their annihilation.

 

In his account, Hasan Cemal concludes it was genocide. He does not

intend, or pretend, to argue his case like a historian would. His is a

painful intellectual journey that takes us through his own evolution,

a rather ruthless self-scrutiny of his intellectual past that amounts

to an invaluable piece of private archeology.

 

He has done this before. In other books, he questioned his "militarist

revolutionary" past (in the '60s and'70s), confronting boldly his

own mistakes -- his deep disbelief in democracy, plotting coups,

his experience as editor, etc.

 

But this one is even more personal.

 

"It was the pain of Hrant Dink which made me write this book," he told

the press. "Look at my age; it's been years and years that I have

defended the freedom of expression. But should I keep secret some

of my opinions, only for myself? Should I still have some taboos of

my own? Should I still remain unliberated? Is it not a shame on me,

Hasan Cemal?"

 

In the preface, he writes: "We cannot remain silent before the bitter

truths of the past. We cannot let the past hold the present captive.

 

Also, the pain of 1915 does not belong to the past, it is an issue

of today. We can only make peace with history, but not an 'invented'

or 'distorted' history like ours, and reach liberty."

 

The pain of Dink's memory -- which scarred many of us so eternally

-- may have been a crucial point for it, but by turning a "personal

taboo-breaking" into a public one, Cemal opened a huge hole in the

wall of denial of the state. It broke another mental dam.

 

This bold exercise in freedom of speech will, in time, pave the way

for the correct path. It is up to the individuals of Turkey to do the

same, and bow before their consciences. Perhaps this is why there has

been such silence over this book in the days since its publication. It

is also very difficult to find in bookstores. There are rumors that

some chains are refusing to sell it. This may be true, but it cannot

now be unpublished.

 

The genie is out of the bottle but the ghosts of the past are also

very much alive. The "silent treatment" is proof of that. If anything,

it shows how frightened people are. Not only does the state owe an

apology for the past, but an even bigger apology is necessary for

enforcing, decade after decade, a mass internalization of denialism

in this country.

 

http://www.todayszaman.com/columnistDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=292746

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Coward!!

 

 

TURKISH NATIONALIST FELT BAD THAT HIS MOTHER WAS ARMENIAN

 

news.am

September 18, 2012 | 08:08

 

Yet another scandalous disclosure is made in the book entitled 1915:

Armenian Genocide, which is written by Hasan Cemal, the grandson of

Cemal ***** who is one of the architects behind the Armenian Genocide.

 

In his book, Hasan Cemal reflected on the national belonging of

the mother of Ilhan Selcuk, the well-known nationalist journalist of

Cumhuriyet [Republic] daily, and stressed that Selcuk always concealed

this. He did not even told his close ones as to when his mother had

died, and he did not mourn her death, Radikal daily of Turkey reports.

 

This disclosure was widely covered by Turkish media.

 

To note, Turkish journalist Tuncay Opcin had written earlier that an

Armenian acquaintance had said Selcuk had a hang-up that his mother

was Armenian and his aunt from his mother's side was buried in an

Armenian cemetery in Istanbul, and that is why Selcuk had gone to

the nationalist side.

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THE BOOK ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY HASSAN CEMAL HAS BECOME A BESTSELLER IN TURKEY

 

 

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The book about the Armenian Genocide

by Turkish journalist Hassan Cemal has become a bestseller in Turkey.

 

This proves the growing interest of the Turkish society towards the

Armenian issue. As reports "Armenpress" Turkish Today's Zaman review

has written an article about this. The book entitled "1915: Armenian

Genocide" and published last month was in no way prosecuted in Turkey.

 

In his article in Zaman communist Å~^ahin Alpay writes about the book

of commentator of Milliyet newspaper Hassan Cemal, who is the grandson

of Jemal ***** - one of the key figures in the Government of the

Young Turks. The columnist is also citing a quote by Hrant Dink: "One

should neither refute nor accept it. All you need is to know it." The

columnist states: "I believe that these words are still actual."

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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS' PROPERTY WAS ALLOCATED TO CEMAL *****'S FAMILY - TURKISH HISTORIAN (PHOTOS)

 

http://news.am/eng/news/128217.html

November 12, 2012 | 13:25

 

Turkey's Haberturk daily columnist and historian Murat Bardakci

expressed his objections against the book titled "1915: Armenian

Genocide," which is written by prominent Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal

who is the grandson of Cemal *****, one of the architects behind the

Armenian Genocide.

 

In his column, Bardakci wrote that in his book Hasan Cemal forgot,

or does not know, that with a special decision in 1927, Ataturk-the

founder of the Republic of Turkey-had allocated some of the property

that was seized from the Armenians to Cemal *****'s family members

as compensation for his murder.

 

Also, Murat Bardakci publicized the photograph of Cemal *****'s dead

body in the Tbilisi morgue and a document confirming that Armenian

Vicen Hokucyan's property was transferred to Cemal *****'s family.

 

To note, Hasan Cemal's aforesaid book has received wide reaction in

Turkey. Also, he had visited Armenian capital city Yerevan's Genocide

Memorial years ago and apologized to the Armenians for the genocide.

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HASAN CEMAL'S "1915. ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" IS AN HONEST BOOK. GERMAN KULTUR RADIO STATION

 

18:28, 14 November, 2012

 

YEREVAN, November 14, ARMENPRESS: "Brave book", this is how the book

of Turkish writer Hasan Cemal "1915. Ermeni Soykirimi" which means

"1915. Armenian Genocide" was considered by German "Culture" radio

station. As reports Armenpress on November 13 outstanding German radio

station has devoted a whole program to Cemal's book, his observations

on Armenian Genocide and their friendship with Hrant Dink. The program

mainly referred to the confession of Hasan Cemal about his grandfather

who participated in the massacres of Armenians.

 

"The issue of Armenian Genocide has been a taboo in Turkish history

for a long time, and Hasan Cemal has been raised with this taboo. His

own approaches, issues and perceptions Cemal has collected in his

book "1915. Armenian Genocide". The cover of the book reflects Cemal

putting white carnations near the flame in Tsitsernakaberd memorial"

noted the radio station. The station quoted Cemal as saying "I was

feeling to destroy the "wall" of taboo inside me. But I remembered

the word of my friend, Hrant Dink when saying "Lets finally come

together and respect our pain"".

 

The author of the book has earlier stated "We cannot move forward

without confronting and taking into consideration the events of the

past. We cannot keep an eye on the anguish of the past. Moreover the

pain of 1915 is not a story, it is a current day issue".

 

The first chapter of the book runs how Hasan comes to know 1915

events. Then the author dwells on how he became to be called

"parricide" after coming forth with his obtained information and

statements in the course of Hrant Dink's assassination hearings

in 2006. The second chapter of the book tells the author's way of

thinking before reveal of 1915 events and reportedly how it changed

in the course of the time. The most interesting part of the book is

the third chapter entitled "***** Grandfather or Cemal ***** family".

 

This chapter tells about 1915 Armenian Genocide organizer Cemal *****

and his family. Hasan Cemal has repeatedly stated he recognizes 1915

events Genocide. He visited Tsitsernakeberd and laid a wreath at the

Genocide Memorial in 2008.

 

German "Culture" has concluded its program referring to the 100th

anniversary of Armenian Genocide which will be respected by Armenian

all over the world." Whether Turkey will manage to conclude peace

with Armenia or not. This process should be supported by such brave

and courageous people as Hasan Camal" noted German journalist.

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KNIGHTS TO HONOR HASAN CEMAL

 

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/13/knights-to-honor-hasan-cemal/

March 13, 2013

 

TENAFLY, N.J.-On April 13, the Knights and Daughters of Vartan will

honor Hasan Cemal, the grandson of Young Turk Party leader Jemal *****,

at St. Thomas Armenian Church in Tenafly. Cemal, a journalist, scholar,

and author, will be presented with the National Award Banquet. The

evening will also serve as an opportunity to introduce his new book

titled, 1915: Armenian Genocide.

 

Hasan Cemal The book, which has become a bestseller in Turkey,

presents factual information about the Armenian Genocide and speaks

about Cemal's personal transformation-from someone who once denied

the Armenian Genocide to someone who not only recognizes it, but is

willing to risk publishing a book on his findings.

 

In addition to his personal story and evidence of the planned

massacres, passages from Cemal's grandfather, Jemal *****, one of

the masterminds behind the Armenian Genocide, are also quoted from

his own memoirs from 1919.

 

Cemal visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan five years

ago, and writes in his book, "To deny the Genocide would mean to be

an accomplice in this crime against humanity."

 

The banquet, which will take place in Saddler Hall of St. Thomas

Armenian Church, located at 9W and East Clinton Avenue in Tenafly,

will begin with a cocktail hour at 7 p.m., followed by dinner at 8

p.m. Donation is $125 per person. Limited seating is available. For

reservations, call Sona at (201) 746-0409, Nurhan at (201) 507-3301,

or Hirant at (212) 764-8730.

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He is being punished for being honest about the Armenian Genocide!

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HASAN CEMAL REMOVED FROM "MILLIYET"

 

19:55, 19 March, 2013

 

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS: Author of the book "1915. Armenian

Genocide", grandson of Cemal *****, journalist and writer Hasan

Cemal was removed from the "Milliyet" newspaper, where he had worked

from 1998.

 

As reports Armenpress, referring to Turkish press, columnist Hasan

Cemal has quit writing for daily Milliyet after the Turkish newspaper

refused to publish the veteran journalist's first column after two

weeks. Cemal's last piece was published on March 2, voicing support for

the daily's decision to go ahead with the publication of the minutes

of a second parliamentarian visit to the jailed leader of the outlawed

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan. The piece came after

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the newspaper, saying

the principle of press freedom does not give the media the right to

"act against the national interest of a country."

 

Erdogan had also slammed the columnist with the words "down with your

journalism, if this is the journalism you will conduct."

 

It is notable that author condemning Erdogan was removed, while editor

who published the article and other responsible were not.

 

Hasan Cemal, the grandson of Young Turk Party leader Jemal ***** on

April 15 will present his new book "1915: Armenian Genocide" at St.

 

Thomas Armenian Church in Tenafly.

 

The book, which has become a bestseller in Turkey, presents factual

information about the Armenian Genocide and speaks about Cemal's

personal transformation--from someone who once denied the Armenian

Genocide to someone who not only recognizes it, but is willing to

risk publishing a book on his findings.

 

In addition to his personal story and evidence of the planned

massacres, passages from Cemal's grandfather, Cemal *****, one of

the masterminds behind the Armenian Genocide, are also quoted from

his own memoirs from 1919.

 

Cemal visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan five years

ago, and writes in his book, "To deny the Genocide would mean to be

an accomplice in this crime against humanity."

 

 

[Arpa]

Why are we honoring that SOB, son and grandson of a dog, a wolf in a sheep’s clothing, the grandson of that murderer jemal qaqa.

Let him kaka in his vartik. How is he advancing our cause?

SCREW HIM!!!

In what language is he presenting his thesis? Does he speak Armenian. Does he know how to say “Barev, inchpes es”? Why not ?

Please show me that he is not planted from akakga to loll us to sleep. Rock-a-bye baby/ Qoun eghir balas.

Did he revise and re-edit all the literature in ankaqa to use the G word?

We are acting in a manner that my ancestors would say “Jur@ chi tesats vartikn e var arnum/ Lowering ones pants before the sight of water”

Why are we so desperately naïve, like when the drowning will cling even to a snake of his kind. Did he re-edit the dictionary ro separate ermeni from gavur?

Can’t you see that he is shifting, diverting our concentration from a state perpetrated CRIME to a ONE person, his sonofadog grandfather jemal ?**

**Just imagine that some of us will still refer to those dogs as P**ha/qaqa, as in talaat, enver etc, not to forget Andranik and Boghos Nubar.

Edited March 20, 2013 by Arpa

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HASAN CEMAL SORRY FOR TURKEY-COMMITTED CRIME

13:04, 30 October, 2013

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS: The Republic of Turkey established
90 years ago though it has not managed to become a real democratic
and legal country. In his article on the establishment of the
Turkish Republic the famous Turkish journalist and publicist Hasan
Cemal touched upon the sins of the state committed during the
history. Quoting the Turkish t24.com, Armenpress reports that the
grandson of Young Turk Party leader, the Armenian-Genocide committed
Cemal *****, mentions the events of 1915 as a crime committed by the
state, the assassination of Hrant Dink.

Hasan Cemal states that the mastering of the Armenian property
in 1915-1916, which became a base for the Turkish bourgeoisie
establishment, has not been studied in the universities. "Call it
whatever you want, a massacre or an Armenian Genocide, a deportation
or a tragedy. The state took the responsibility for the bloodiest
pages of the history, for the events of 1915. Certainly, the state
has successes as well. But will there be a time, when after 90 years
we will remember our country not only with honor but also with its
sins", - concluded Hasan Cemal.

Hasan Cemal, the grandson of Young Turk Party leader Cemal *****,
recognizes the events of 1915 as genocide. Cemal visited the Armenian
Genocide Memorial in Yerevan in 2008 and laid flowers to the memory
of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/738278/hasan-cemal-sorry-for-turkey-committed-crime.html

[Arpa]

Yea, yea, we know herr hasan my ass-an jemal kaka.

How about you resurrect those slaughtered and murdered 2 million by your grandfather and give them back their Ancestral lands. TALK is CHEAP, but the cost of the Genocide is very EXPENSIVE. How many furkish liras or mejidieh gold coins** do you have?

Go tell it to your sultan erbokhan.

Let us once again talk about the Schindler’s List and the repentant benevolent furk.

How much Tuti Oghi, raki did you imbibe before you made those statements? Did you also have Khash for breakfast?

http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/facts/genocide.html

 

The Armenian Genocide was masterminded by the Central Committee of the Young Turk Party (Committee for Union and Progress [ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyet, in Turkish]) which was dominated by Mehmed Talât [kaka], Ismail Enver [kaka], and Ahmed Djemal [kaka]. They were a racist group whose ideology was articulated by Zia Gökalp, Dr. Mehmed Nazim, and Dr. Behaeddin Shakir.

 

** http://taxfreegold.co.uk/images/1909turkey100piastresobv400.jpg

 

I goofed I entered this topic of the Big G against my promise. Can you forgive me?

　

Edited October 31, 2013 by Arpa

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AUTHOR: TURKEY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH SINCE 1915

November 13, 2013 - 16:32 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey must apologize for the Armenian Genocide in
the Ottoman Empire ahead of the 100th anniversary of the massacres in
2015, Hasan Cemal, a Turkish journalist, the grandson of the Genocide
perpetrator Cemal ***** said.

"Armenians have been a native population of Anatolia until 1915. Even
now Turkey hasn't understood or shared their pain from losing their
lands and property. The border between Armenia and Turkey must be
opened, with diplomatic ties to be restored without preconditions,"
Cemal urged.

He further called on Turkish government to alter their attitude
towards Armenians and issue textbooks reflecting the historic truth.

"Does Prime Minister Erdogan give it any thought? Well he should,
seeing as Turkey hasn't changed much since 1915," T24 quoted Cemal
as saying.

Hasan Cemal (born 1944) is a Turkish journalist, writer and grandson
of Cemal *****. He was the editor of Cumhuriyet from 1981 to 1992,
and of Sabah from 1992 to 1998. In 2013 he resigned from the Milliyet
newspaper after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan had criticised his
article supporting Milliyets publication of minutes of a parliamentary
visit to Ocalan, and Milliyet suspended him and refused to publish
his returning column.

He is best known for acknowledging and apologizing for the Armenian
Genocide, a crime which was perpetrated by *****. His 2012 book on the
subject (written in response to the 2007 assassination of his friend
Hrant Dink) is titled 1915: Ermeni Soykýrýmý (1915: Armenian Genocide).

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/172595/

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TURKEY SHOULD APOLOGIZE BEFORE ARMENIANS: HASAN CEMAL http://armenpress.am/eng/news/739856/turkey-should-apologize-before-armenians-hasan-cemal.html 11:50, 13 November, 2013 YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS: It is necessary that Turkey understands the pain felt by the Armenians, survived the year of 1915, shares it and presents to the society ahead of the forthcoming year of 2015. Armenpress reports that the Turkish journalist and publicist Hasan Cemal wrote about it in an article published in the Turkish T24, touching upon the 100 th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the Turkey's position on the issue. "Armenians are people from Anatolia. Their roots and the motherland are from Anatolia. Armenians, like the Kurdish people, had lived in Anatolia before the Turkish appeared there. The truth is that Turkey has not yet accepted the fact that the Armenians were cut off their roots and the motherland in 1915", - writes Hasan Cemal. "The border between Armenia and Turkey should be opened. Diplomatic relations should be established between the two countries. These two steps should be made without any preconditions. Turkey, as a state, should apologize before the Armenians", - states Cemal. Hasan Cemal is a Turkish journalist, writer and grandson of Cemal *****. He was the editor of Cumhuriyet from 1981 to 1992, and of Sabah from 1992 to 1998. In 2013 he resigned from the Milliyet newspaper after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had criticized his article supporting Milliyets publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Ocalan, and Milliyet suspended him and refused to publish his returning column. He is best known for acknowledging and apologizing for the Armenian Genocide, a crime which was perpetrated by *****. His 2012 book on the subject (written in response to the 2007 assassination of his friend Hrant Dink) is titled 1915: Ermeni Soykırımı (English: 1915: Armenian Genocide). Hasan Cemal was born in 1944 in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1965, Cemal graduated from Ankara University with a Political Science Degree. Hasan Cemal always believed in the official Turkish governmental narrative that the genocide did not occur. However, after Hassan Cemal traveled to Armenia and visited the Armenian Genocide memorial, he published a book entitled "1915: The Armenian Genocide". The book would go on to be a bestseller in Turkey. Cemal remarked in his book, "To deny the Genocide would mean to be an accomplice in this crime against humanity." The book highlights Cemal's "personal transformation" and his experiences in Armenia. While Cemal was in Armenia, he had an opportunity to meet and have lunch with Armen Gevorkyan, the grandson of the man who assassinated his grandfather Cemal ***** in 1922. Cemal would eventually apologize to all Armenians for the Armenian Genocide. Cemal also has insisted that the Turkish government should also apologize to the Armenians for the Armenian Genocide as well.

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IMPORTANT TURKISH VOICE

Editorial, 13 February 2014

Hasan Cemal is a Turkish author and prominent newspaper editor. He is
one of the few people in Turkey's elite to recognize the Genocide. He
has traveled to Yerevan to pay his respects to the victims of the
Genocide at the Dzidzernagapert Memorial. From Kemalist family
background, Cemal says his friend Hrant Dink opened his heart and
historian Taner Akcam opened his mind to the reality of the Genocide.

Two years ago he wrote "1915: the Armenian Genocide". He will donate
proceeds from the sale of the book's English version to the Hrant
Dink Foundation. Hasan Cemal is the grandson of Cemal (Jemal) *****,
a member of the trio who ordered the Genocide.

In recent years Cemal has delivered speeches in North America--often
to Armenian gatherings--about his transformation from a Genocide
denier to someone who acknowledges the Ottoman-ordered Genocide of
the Armenians. It makes sense to listen to this voice.

On Jan. 19 Cemal was in Toronto, at a gathering organized by the
AGBU, the Armenian Association of Toronto, and the Bolsahay Cultural
Association of Toronto, to commemorate the assassination of Hrant Dink
seven years ago. After narrating his tortuous metamorphosis/epiphany
of Genocide recognition, he advised Armenians--particularly Diaspora
Armenians--that rather than address the Turkish state Armenians should
change strategy and build bridges to Turkish society and tell Turkish
citizens the factual version of the Genocide. Considering that for
a century Armenians have been unable to shake the Turkish state from
its steadfast denialist policy, Cemal's advice sounds eminently sound.

Unfortunately, there was much in Cemal's words which Armenians would
find disheartening. To bring about peace between the two peoples,
Turks and Armenians should recognize each other's pain relating to
the First World War, he said. Many Armenians may find the suggestion
offensive since it could imply that Armenians were responsible for
the Turkish pain. Yes, Turks suffered, but it was Turkey's doing:
Turkey entered the war; it suffered casualties; lost the war; and lost
its imperial lands and possessions. Armenians were not responsible
for the Turkish pain, unless one speculates on the murderer's guilt
feelings for his crime.

While it would be understandable if Cemal grieved the assassination
of his grandfather, he shouldn't have insulted the Armenians, who
assassinated Jemal *****, by calling them a "gang". The Armenians
responsible for the slaying of the monster were exercising--in an
infinitesimal degree--their right to punish the killer of more than
a million of their compatriots.

Armenians would also find Cemal's recommendations to Ankara on how
to bring about just peace between the two nations impractical and
less than satisfactory. He said the Turkish state should stop its
denial of the Genocide and should apologize to the Armenians, but
not necessarily use the "G" word. This is far short of the justified
demands of Armenians. An apology without uttering "Genocide" is an
irrelevant--if not insincere--gesture.

As part of the solution to the conflict, Turkey should grant
citizenship to Diaspora Armenians who want to live in Turkey, advised
Cemal. What would be the worth of such "largesse"? How many Armenians
in Paris would pack their bags and move to Zeitoun (now Suleimaniye),
to Urfa (Sanliurfa) or to Dersim (Tunceli)? The idea of returning
to Turkey is not only an airy-fairy concept but could be physically
dangerous to Armenians. Such an invitation would also be damaging to
the Armenian Cause because Ankara would gain PR points--by appearing
friendly to Armenians--while knowing full well that Armenians would
not return.

Cemal said Turkey should offer a "financial package" to Armenians
who want to return to Turkey. One would think Cemal would know that
Armenians--scattered to the four corners of the world because of the
Genocide--have no great motivation to uproot themselves from distant
Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Sydney or Montreal. Incidentally, at no
time did Cemal acknowledge the historicity of Armenia. When referring
to Western Armenia, he invariably used "Asia Minor", "Anatolia" and
"Eastern Turkey" as descriptive.

As a newspaper editor ("Chumhuriyet", "Sabah" and "Milliyet")
and author of 11 books on politics, Cemal has surely heard what
Armenians have said countless times in the past century. Armenians
want compensation for their horrific loss and the return of parts of
their homeland (Kars and Ardahan, Ararat, the lands west of Ararat
come to mind) as a means to restore historical justice for the theft
of our 4,000-year-old homeland, the slaying of 1.5 million Armenians,
and the deportation of some 500,000. According to a recent estimate
by actuaries in France, the material losses of the Armenians amount
to $3 trillion. Compensation for the moral and cultural losses can't
be estimated. Appropriated Armenian property helped fund Kemal's
"modern Turkey". Turkey's incalculable debt to the Armenian nation
is further compounded by the pain and suffering of a whole nation in
exile for 100 years.

As someone who follows closely Armenian/Turkish political relations
said recently, Cemal is an anomaly, and anomalies cannot develop
normally into a tangible asset. However, Cemal is a man who knows how
Turkish politics functions. Armenians should heed his progressive,
pioneering and promising voice. Armenians should also honor Cemal for
risking his life to tell the truth about the Genocide to his fellow
Turks. Thus far there has been no 2 a.m. knock to his door.

While Cemal's brave proselytizing has to be commended, it falls
far short of the just demands of Armenians. We hope that Cemal and
future Cemals would take the logical next step and demand that Turkey
respond positively to the just demands of Armenians. As Americans say,
"an apology and 50 cents will not get you a cup of coffee."

http://www.keghart.com/Editorial-Voice-Cemal#comment-19879

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CEMAL *****'S GRANDSON TO PRESENT HIS BOOK ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Friday 5 December 2014 17:28
Photo: http://cdnimage.zaman.com.tr

Hasan Cemal

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Hassan Cemal, the grandson of Cemal *****, one of
the Armenian Genocide organizers, will present the Armenian version
of his "1915: The Armenian Genocide " book in Yerevan on December 11.

The meeting with Hasan Cemal will be held within Civilitas
Foundation's "Climbing the Mountain" project in Moscow Cinema at
17:00 on December 11

Hasan Cemal is a prominent Turkish journalist and writer. He was
the Chief Editor of the Cumhuriyet daily, columnist for the Sabah
and Milliyet daily papers. Hasan Cemal has extensively covered the
Kurdish issue and has been criticized by the Turkish government for
his articles and interviews.

In his book "1915: The Armenian Genocide " published in 2012, Hasan
Cemal describes how he went from being someone who denied the Armenian
Genocide, to one who recognizes it.

Cemal *****, Minister of the Marine of Ottoman Empire, was one of the
three main perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. On July 25, 1922,
Petros Ter-Poghosyan and Artashes Gevorgyan killed Cemal ***** in
Tiflis as part of Operation Nemesis.

http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/armeniaturkey/12507/

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Cemal ***** grandson to present Genocide book in Yerevan

December 6, 2014 - 16:41 AMT


PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan will host a presentation of the "1915: The
Armenian Genocide" book, authored by Hassan Cemal, the grandson of the
Genocide orchestrator Cemal *****.

The event will be held December 11 in the framework of the Civilitas
Foundation project Climbing the Mountain.

A prominent Turkish journalist and writer, Hasan Cemal was the Chief
Editor of the Cumhuriyet daily, and columnist for Sabah and Milliyet
daily papers. He extensively covered the Kurdish issue and has been
criticized by the Turkish government for his publications.

In 2008, after a visit to the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Hasan
Cemal left a note in the commemorative book, stating that the denial
of the 1915 atrocities spells complicity in this crime against
humanity. In his book released in 2012, Hasan Cemal highlights his
personal experience of going from the Genocide denial to the
recognition of the tragedy.

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PASSAGES FROM HASAN CEMAL'S BOOK, "1915: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"

December 10, 2014

Civilnet - Writer and journalist Hasan Cemal's book, "1915: The
Armenian Genocide," was published in Turkey in 2012, becoming a
bestseller. There was a great deal of interest in the book because
the author's grandfather was one of the leaders of the Committee of
Union and Progress - the umbrella political party of the Young Turk
movement, who in 1914 was appointed as Minister of the Navy of the
Ottoman Army. He was also one of the architects and orchestrators of
the attempted annihilation of the Armenian people, which was carried
out under the guise of the First World War and which became the first
Genocide of the 20th Century. Cemal *****'s grandson, Hasan Cemal,
came to Armenia in 2008, where he went to the Genocide Memorial and
paid his respects to Hrant Dink and to the innocent victims of the
Armenian Genocide. Hasan Cemal will be in Yerevan to participate in the
Civilitas Foundation's Climbing the Mountain program on December 11.

Below we present certain excerpts from his book, translated from
the Turkish.

'Dear Hrant, it is your approach, your pain which has made me write
this book.' This is how Hasan Cemal begins his book "1915: Armenian
Genocide." Right after these words he quotes from Milan Kundera:
"The struggle of the individual against power is the struggle of
memory against forgetting."

When I sat in front of the computer to write this book I said to
myself; 'It seems as though a review of the past is always a must in
my life.' There were strange feelings, questions awakening within me.

I wondered whether writing such a book would be viewed 'opportunism'
or 'pretension to heroism' on my part?

Did the Armenians want, would the Armenians wish to share their own
pain with 'Cemal *****'s grandson?' I couldn't say.

But then I remembered that morning in Yerevan when the sun rose from
among the mist painting the surrounding landscape scarlet. As I was
leaving three white carnations at the Armenian Genocide Memorial,
I had mumbled to myself: 'Dear Hrant, it is your pain that has
brought me here; I am trying to understand your pain and that of
your ancestors, to feel it in my heart and I share this pain. Rest
in peace my brother.'

I cannot forget that morning in Yerevan in the month of September
2008. With the first lights of the day the gracious peak of Ararat,
was in turn both appearing and vanishing. 'The hand of history'
I jotted that morning, point the right way to those who wish to see it.

How can we move towards the future without confronting the painful
realities of the past, without coming to terms with it? We cannot
remain silent in the face of sufferings! We cannot allow the past to
take over the present.

In addition, the agony of 1915 is not one that belongs to the past but
it is an issue of today. We can reach serenity, we can find peace by
making peace with history - not with the kind of 'invented history,'
distorted history such as ours is - but with the genuine history and by
saving history from the malady of exploitation. Unfortunately, genuine
peace and democracy is only attained by undergoing indescribable pain
and by paying a huge price, as was the case with Hrant Dink.

Hasan Cemal, Istanbul, February, 25, 2012.

Some of the titles from the book

The titles Hasan Cemal has given to the chapters in his book include:
"1915: Armenian Genocide" provides sufficient clues regarding the theme
of the book. "Alone With Hrant in Yerevan, at the Genocide Memorial,"
"Meeting in Yerevan with the Grandson of Those who Shot Cemal *****,"
"Pain Cannot Be Compared," "Ataturk Terms 1915 as 'Shameful Doings,
Infamy' But," "The Dink Murder is the Perfect Ergenekon Action,"
"Tayyip Erdogan: To Become a Unionist (Ittihat-ci) When it Comes to
1915," "Will I Say Genocide or Will I Not?"

Who is Hasan Cemal?

Hasan Cemal was born in Istanbul, and graduated from the
political science department of Ankara University. He worked at the
monthlyDevrim. On March 12, 1971 following the military coup in Turkey,
Devrim was shut down. Hasan Cemal was convicted and sentenced to 44
months in prison. Afterward, Cemal worked at several leading newspapers
in Turkey. He is the author of numerous books, which primarily deal
with the establishment of democracy, issues of the military and the
Kurdish issue in Turkey.

http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/55202

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AUDIENCE DISCONTENT WITH THE WAY ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BOOK BY JEMAL *****'S GRANDSON WAS PRESENTED

20:57, 11 December, 2014

YEREVAN, 11 DECEMBER, ARMENPRESS. Turkish journalist Hasan Jemal,
grandson of one of the organizers and perpetrators of the Armenian
Genocide Jemal *****, presented his book 1915: Armenian Genocide during
a presentation held in Yerevan, but the event didn't go smoothly. As
"ArmenPress" reports, after the presentation organized by Civilitas
Foundation and held at Moscow Cinema, most of the people in the
audience expressed their discontent with the Turkish journalist's
statements and formulations.

In the beginning, Jemal addressed a message to all Armenians in which
he stated that the reason why he wrote the book and came to Yerevan
was Hrant Dink and the pain that he had experienced. "I often say pain
makes a person and a nation mature. The price that my dear brother,
Hrant Dink paid was his life, but he managed to move the stones that
will help us overcome the pain in the history of the Turks and the
Armenians. He broke the taboos with a fatal blow. In other words, Dink
managed to make us feel the pain of genocide once again. Dink made
my heart reach out to the Armenians having felt the pain and helped
me understand and share that pain," Jemal mentioned in his message.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/787528/audience-discontent-with-the-way-armenian-genocide-book-by-jemal-*****%E2%80%99s-grandson-was-presented.html

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SCANDAL IN YEREVAN DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN 1915," HASAN CEMAL

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Last night scandal cinema "Moskva" in Yerevan during the presentation
of the book of Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal (Jemal) "1915- Armenian
Genocide" translated into Armenian. The little son of Cemal (Cemal)
***** said he was in Yerevan by the pain of his "brother" Hrant Dink,
I murdered Armenian journalist in Istanbul. Hasan Cemal that says
"share the pain" and had come to Armenia to share the pain of the
Armenian genocide. "After the painful death of Hrant Dink I began
to understand that when competing nationalisms can not open ways of
peace " says H. Cemal stating that it should not become the enemy by
history and do not be afraid to revisit this story. He also said he
did not know what the Turkish government will do to the eve of the
100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

But at this public presentation of his book in Yerevan, he was accused
Hasan Cemal to have used the term "massacre" to describe the genocide,
"terrorists" for those members of ASALA and especially "occupation"
related the presence of the Armenian army in Karabakh in the original
book, in Turkish! Strong enough words indignant part of the public who
got up and left the meeting in protest shouting and throwing sentences
against Hasan Cemal. Among the protesters, the group of young students
party Hentachak "Sarkis Dkhrouni".Roman Dzatinian a member of this
organization was "shocked" by what the grand-son of Cemal *****. He
also reproached the organizers of this event have brought in Armenia
Hasan Cemal ... Organizers who had not planned to debate at the end of
this presentation ... which ended in a mini-scandal.Roupen Melkonian,
Turkish -the Book Armenian translator said the editor, Dink Foundation
has removed Hasan Cemal book a passage that spoke of "taking Karabakh
and occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan dropoff window.Roupen
Melkonian who left the room angry.

Krikor Amirzayan

Friday, December 12, 2014, Krikor Amirzayan © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=106122

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HASAN JEMAL HAD HIS SECOND HEATED MEETING IN YEREVAN

16:45, 12 December, 2014

YEREVAN, 12 DECEMBER, ARMENPRESS. Things are still heating up during
the meetings in Yerevan with Hasan Jemal, grandson of perpetrator of
the Armenian Genocide Jemal *****. On December 12, young Armenian
Turkologists had the chance to ask Jemal the questions that they
weren't able to ask during the presentation of the Armenian version of
Hasan Jemal's book 1915: Armenian Genocide (during the presentation,
the audience had complained about not having the opportunity to
ask their questions-ed.). During the meeting held in the Faculty
of Oriental Studies at Yerevan State University, students clearly
reaffirmed their claims for recognition of the Armenian Genocide and
their persistence to have the historic Armenian lands returned.

According to "ArmenPress", in the beginning, Deputy Dean of the YSU
Faculty of Oriental Studies Ruben Melkonyan reminded Jemal that the
students hadn't come to applaud his efforts, but to receive answers
to their questions of concern. Although Turkish journalist, writer
Hasan Jemal reiterated that he was ready to answer any question, he
overtly dodged the questions and made short statements, and this caused
the students' anger. One of the students, who wanted to make Jemal
*****'s grandson understand that the members of ASALA have nothing
to do with bandits or terrorist groups, as Hasan stated yesterday,
and that they are avengers, held a sign reading "We Are All Nemesis,
We Are All Dzaghigian" (ed.-Stepan Dzaghigian participated in the
death sentencing of Jemal ***** in Tbilisi in 1922 within the frames
of the Nemesis Operation).

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/787649/hasan-jemal-had-his-second-heated-meeting-in-yerevan.html

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QUESTIONS TO HASAN CEMAL WOULD HAVE MADE A CIVILIZED DEBATE - RUBEN MELKONYAN

20:32 â~@¢ 12.12.14

In an interview with Tert.am, Deputy Dean of the Department of Oriental
Studies, Yerevan State University, Ruben Melkonyan told about the
book"1915: Armenian Genocide" (Turkish: 1915: Ermeni Soykırımı)
by Hasan Cemal, a Turkish journalist, writer, and the grandson of
Ahmet Cemal PaÅ~_a, one of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide.

Mr Melkonyan, who translated the book into Armenian, is discontented
with the fact that the Hrant Dink Foundation, which published the
Armenian translation of the book, has removed the translator's
footnotes.

He is also surprised that he was not invited to an event organized
by the Civilitas Foundation.

"The organizers did not consider it their duty to invite me as the
translator of the book," Mr Melkonyan told Tert.am.

"A civilized debate would have been most interesting. Different people
branded our wish for a debate as a 'show' or a 'scandal.' But our
wish was a healthy debate. We have many things to tell Cemal PaÅ~_a's
grandson. It was not expected to be monologue by Cemal PaÅ~_a's
grandson, without his being aware of the Armenian society's concerns
or being acquainted with Armenian reality. We did not invite Mr Hasan
Cemal to curry favor with him. We gathered to present our problems.

However, after Mr Hasan Cemal's monologue, which lasted about an hour
and a third, we could not put questions, which caused discontent."

Talking to Mr Melkonyan, Mr Hasan Cemal said he did not object to
any questions, but the organizers did not afford such an opportunity.

"The most important question is that attempts are being made to
convince our society that we should be satisfied with an apology and
be happy about Cemal PaÅ~_a's grandson using the word 'genocide'. But
you can hardly find a Jew who would be happy about a German using the
word 'Holocaust', without speaking of restitution or considering it
a crime against humanity. I wanted а debate in such a vein."

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/12/ruben-melqonyan/1534449

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SCANDAL AT PRESENTATION OF A BOOK BY CEMAL *****'S GRANDSON

22:46, 11.12.2014

YEREVAN. - A scandal broke out at the Yerevan presentation of a book
by Cemal *****'s grandson.

The book by Hasan Cemal titled "1915. Armenian Genocide" was presented
at Moscow cinema of Yerevan on Thursday (photos).

Ruben Melikyan, head of oriental studies department and translator
of the book, was angered by organizers' decision not to permit the
audience to address questions to the author. He stressed that Hrant
Dink foundation that organized the presentation was not "an Armenian
organization, but a Turkish one".

"There are key questions that must be voiced. In his book Cemal writes
that in 1992-1993 Armenians conquered Nagrono-Karabakh, occupied 20
percent of Azerbaijan. We should ask why he, introducing himself as an
advocate of freedom, repeats Aliyev's rhetoric. The editors in Hrant
Dink foundations made changes in the translation," Melkonyan said,
adding that the editors removed translator's comments.

The translator said the foundation representatives explained their
decision to remove comments by the fact that it would interfere with
Armenian-Turkish dialogue. He has appealed to foundation's lawyers,
as according to the contract, the text had to be agreed with the
translator before publishing.

In addition, Ruben Melikyan asked about Cemal's attitude towards
compensation. The translator called presentation of his book "a fake
event" and a program "targeted at getting grant".

"There was no opportunity to ask questions, so this is a fake event
that is pleasant especially for Europeans. This was a wonderful
performance for the representatives of embassies who are present here,"
he resumed.

http://news.am/eng/news/243627.html

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HAYK DEMOYAN: TURKEY TRIES TO SOW DISCORD WITHIN ARMENIAN DIASPORA STRUCTURES ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

by Ashot Safaryan

Thursday, December 25, 15:04

On the threshold of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide,
Turkey has been trying to sow discord within Armenian Diaspora
structures by all means, to sabotage numerous events - scientific
conferences, exhibitions and forums, and these attempts are becoming
obvious, Director of the Armenian genocide Museum-Institute, Hayk
Demoyan said at today's press-conference.

The Turkish party has drawn out a strict strategy for neutralizing
of the possible influence and actions from our side. These attempts
have been taken in two directions - the interference in the Diaspora
structures as well as parallel organizing by the Turkish party of the
"response" conferences and exhibitions in different countries of the
world, where the topic of the genocide is presented by the Turkish
interpretation. The second direction are the attempts to cause interior
distractions within the scientific circles of Armenia and Diaspora",
- Demoyan said.

One such sabotage was taken by Hasan Jemal - a grandson of one of
the organizers of the Armenian genocide, Jemal *****. Demoyan said
that when he organized an exhibition of the Armenian Museum Institute
of the Armenian genocide in Paris, it became clear that at the same
time Hasan Jemal held presentation of his book in Paris and invited
representatives of the Armenian genocide to the event. "Let them
think that I am a racist, though it is not fit a scientist, but I
simply call on our compatriots both in Armenia and Diaspora to remain
unprovoked and to be on the alert, as Turkish secret services are
implicated in 9 out of 10 events organized by the Turkish party",
- he said. He also added that many representatives of the Turkish
scientific circles have been purposefully trying to implement quite
dangerous theories about the "kind Turks which saved Armenians". The
purpose of such statements is to deflect attention away from the key
problem and escape discussion of the main topic. "By coming of the
24 April 2015, the counteraction from the Turkish party will grow",
- Demoyan concluded.

http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=2D64EA10-8C2E-11E4-9F190EB7C0D21663