LAVRENTI BARSEGHIAN: NUMBER OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED GENOCIDE
GRADUALLY DECREASES, WHICH GLADDENS TURKISH AUTHORITIES

YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN. In 1995 the number of those who
experienced the Genocide made 4600 people, in 1999 2295 people, in
2001 1393, in 2003 only 886 people remained and today this number is
smaller. Lavrenti Barseghian, Director of RA NAS Museum-Institute of
Genocide, presented these data during the April 13 meeting at Yerevan
Economic University. He said that the gradual decrease in the number
of those who experienced the Genocide gladdens the Turkish authorities
as each of them is a live fact, evidence of those events. L.Barseghian
said that more than 70 Turkish diplomats were killed by Armenian
avengers during the years following the Genocide. According to the
Museum-Institute’s director, these avengers executed the 1918 verdict
of Turkish military tribunal in relation to a number of Turkish
political and military figures in different countries, including
Taleat, Jemal and others. The latters had been sentenced for the
slaughter of Armenians but had escaped penalty. In fact, in 1918 the
Turkish government convicted 1350 Turks who committed this
crime. L.Barseghian is sure that this legal procedure of Turkish
government is a fact of recognition of Armenian Genocide in itself.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress