‘Turkish Soldiers Rescue Armenian Children of Freezing’
By Melik Duvakli
Published: Monday 16, 2005
zaman.com
Zaman Online, Turkey
May 16 2005
Professor Enver Konukcu from Erzurum Ataturk University History
Department has defended that all claims regarding the so-called
Armenian genocide are baseless.
Reminded that they have invited the Armenians and their supporters
to Anatolia to prove their claims, Konukcu said, “They talk about
mass graves. We are telling them come here and let’s search together,
if there are any; however, there has been no response.”
Konukcu participating in a conference titled “The View of Armenian
Issues from Anatolia and the Real Truth of the Genocide Claims”,
as a lecturer organized last night at Biltek College by the Erzurum
Ataturk University Graduates and Members Association (ERATUN).
The Professor said the army had tried to undertake its duties at
the time despite the tough conditions have been disparaged unfairly
with those accusations such as union gangs, union committees, and
union leaders.
Suggesting that Turkish soldiers have never shot innocent people,
Konukcu said, “On the contrary, they are our soldiers who rescued the
children left behind by the Armenians from freezing. They robbed and
violated when they entered our mosques and tombs. However, we did
not touch any of their churches.”
Revealing the names of those who are mislead on the Armenian issues
including Orhan Pamuk, Halil Berktay and Murat Belge, Konukcu said that
Pamuk mislead the truth to receive a prize. He also said regarding
Berktay, “It is easy to make claims while sitting in his comfortable
room at Sabanci University.”
Emphasizing that it is not possible to kill 1.5 million Armenians in
the East, Konukcu said, “Because there aren’t 1.5 million Armenians
in the whole of the East. All population information is relevant. It
has been said that 1.5 million Armenians were killed. If so, from
where have the other Armenians come? Or, to where did Armenians in
Beirut go?”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress