ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE THREATENS TO COMPLICATE TURKEY’S ENTRY TALKS
WITH EUROPEAN UNION

YEREVAN, JANUARY 13. ARMINFO. The Armenian Genocide issue threatens to
complicate Turkey’s entry talks with the European Union, says
President of Turkish History Institute Yusuf Halacoglu.

Halacoglu, who endorses the mainstream Turkish view of the events and
rejects the genocide claims, says that setting scholars to work
together is all the more important for his country, He says that the
commission would ideally work under the auspices of the United Nations
or another international body to help ensure impartiality and to
encourage all states concerned to open up their archives to the
panel. Halacoglu met with Turkish Minister Abdullah Gul Wednesday and
said he hoped for official Turkish backing for the commission.