DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS OF FUTURE OF PAST: STATE OF ARMENIANS IN TURKEY
AND ANKARA-YEREVAN RELATIONS TO BE HELD IN STRASBOURG APRIL 11-14

05.04.2005 03:38

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Parliament will organize debates on
topics of the Future of the Past: State of Armenians in Turkey and
Ankara-Yerevan Relations in Strasbourg April 11-14. As reported by
NTV Turkish channel, initiated by the Green Fraction of the European
Parliament, the hearings will be conducted by Faction member, German
citizen of Turkish origin Cem Ozdemir, Regnum news agency reported.
According to the source, historian and sociologist from Minnesota
University Taner Akcam will take part in the debate and will present
a report titled Ottoman Archives are Witnesses of the Past: Official
Turkish History should again be specified and revalued.” The Zaman
Turkish newspaper journalist Etienne Makhtchikian and editor of the
Akos Armenian newspaper being issued in Turkey Hrant Dink will take
part in the hearings and will address the meeting. Representatives of
various Armenian Diaspora organizations and a large number of European
MPs are expected to take part in the discussions as well. NTV Turkish
channel reminded that June 18, 1987 the European Parliament has
adopted a resolution acknowledging the Armenian Genocide in Turkey
and 15 December, 2004 demanded that Ankara recognize the Genocide.