Turkish NGOs send letter to 24 embassies denying Armenian genocide claims

Anatolia news agency
24 Apr 05

ANKARA

NGOs (associations and foundations) from Eastern Anatolia have sent
letters on the “Armenian genocide” to 25 embassies in Ankara.

Members of the NGOs came to the Kizilay Mail Office and sent the
letters to embassies of several European Union (EU) countries and to a
few neighbouring countries of Turkish Republics in Ankara.

The Erzurum Economic and Social Research and Assistance Foundation
member of the executive board, Vahdet Nafiz Aksu, indicated that the
Armenian diaspora insists on the biggest lie of the century and has
declared 24 April as a day of remembrance of the so-called Armenian
genocide.

“It is really sad that the modern world considers the Ottoman
government’s decision to re-locate a portion of its Armenian
population as a genocide. The modern world must be aware that those
governments supporting the thesis of a genocide will not be forgiven
by history,” told Aksu.

Aksu mentioned that the residents of Erzurum wish to live in an
atmosphere of good ties and brotherhood with Armenia. History should
be the task of historians and not national parliaments, remarked Aksu.

“We are ready to host all Western friends who want to research the
issue and meet families who experienced the incidents. The Turks, who
have helped the Jewish immigrants in the 15th century, Jews running
away from Hitler in the 1940s, Iraqis from north of Iraq during the
Gulf War and many others, should not be left alone with a huge slander
against their identity and culture,” commented Aksu.