Genocide Claims Offensive: Sezer

4/9/2005
Source: NTV

Claims that the Ottoman Empire had committed genocide against its
Armenian citizens were offensive and hurt the Turkish nation, the
country’s President said Thursday. Addressing a conference at the
Turkish War Academy in Istanbul, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said
scientific objectivity should be used when assessing historical events.

Research should be conducted into the allegations by making use of
documents that were objective and unbiased, the President said.

Turkish citizens of Armenian origin were and indispensable part of
Turkish society who have equal rights and responsibilities in the
modern Turkish Republic, said Sezer.