ERDOGAN SUGGESTED TO SETTLE GENOCIDE ISSUE

Azg
4 March 05

Deniz Bayqal, chairman of Democratic-Republican Party, drew the
attention of his party members to the activities connected with the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide that had been unfolded in foreign
parliaments for many years, in the course of the meeting at Turkish
National Assembly, on March 1.He emphasized the importance of that
issue.

Bayqal stated that he is going to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish
prime minister, on the issue. “Bring any information on this issue you
have. We can’t let the world accuse us of that as a result of
propaganda. If we committed a crime, we will do what we should do. But
we can’t close our eyes onthose accusations. The history will show
that Turkey has no burden on him. I suggest the prime minister to work
together to throw off the sign of the criminal that is put on us by
denying the history,” he added.

Milliet informed about the suggestion made by Bayqal in its March 2
issue. At the same time, the newspaper mentioned that the suggestion
envisages to create a united committee of Armenian and Turkish
historians with the assistance of UNESCO to study the issue of the
Armenian Genocide.

By Hakob Chakrian