KERRY IS RESOLUTE IN GENOCIDE ACKNOWLEDGING
Turkish Zaman Unconsciously Supports Him
Azg/am
20 Oct 04
While Armenian traditional political parties call on Armenian
Americans to give their votes to the Democrat’s candidate, Turkish
circles show signs of worry.
The Armenian community of America has no intention to vote for Bush,
as that will simply mean encouraging his negative approach to the
Armenian Genocide and justification of his broken promise (to
recognize the Genocide, given in 2000).
John Kerry used to carry out pro-Armenian policy for 20 years in the
Senate and in the state of Massachusetts thus supporting Armenian
Genocide acknowledgment formula. Therefore, Kerry’s electoral promise
to theArmenians is not the only reason of Turks’ worry: they surely
know about his pro-Armenian penchant. That’s the reason why the
former foreign minister of Turkey Ilter Turkmen speaks out in the
August 7 issue of the Hyuriet: “If pro-Armenian Kerry is elected a
president, it will be impossible to demolish Armenian formulae inthe
US”.
It’s interesting that while the Turkish diplomat was speculating
another Turkish newspaper, Zaman, denied Kerry’s readiness to
recognize theGenocide in its October 8 issue. The newspaper was
suspicious about Kerry’s letter to the Armenian community containing
his promise to “commemorate 2005 April 24 as the 90-th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide”.
We touched upon Zaman’s denial of Kerry’s suchlike statements in Azg
Daily’s October 12 issue. On October 12 Kerry refuted Zaman’s
statement concerning his denial to recognize Armenian Genocide.
These cases of falsification of reality by Turkish press reveal
Turkey’s fears and make Kerry more resolute in his decision.
Thus, Zaman does more harm than good to the Turks and that must be
reason why Turkish Nathaber news agency writes: “Who in this case is
inconstant, Kerry or our press which is painting the reality in colors
it likes?”
By Hakob Chakrian