SYMPOSIUM ON OTTOMAN TURK-ARMENIAN TIES TO BE HELD IN TURKEY

Anatolia news agency, Ankara
16 Apr 06

Kayseri, 16 April: Plenary discussion panel on: “The Art of Living
Together in the Ottoman Society: The Case of Turkish-Armenian
Relations” will be organized in Erciyes University (EU) in Central
Anatolian city of Kayseri, it was reported on Sunday [16 April].

EU Rector Prof Cengiz Utas held a news conference and said the
university will host the symposium between 20 and 22 April Utas said
125 scientists from various countries and Turkish Armenians Patriarch
Mesrob II would attend the symposium where social dimensions of the
Turkish-Armenian relations would be examined rather than political
dimensions.

Prof. Metin Hulagu, the Chairman of the Symposium Organization
Committee said they hoped the symposium to be a new start in
Turkish-Armenian relations, stating that issues based on documents
would be discussed.

“We want the symposium to establish a new bridge between Turkey and
Armenia. We hope to organize the second symposium in Armenia.

Peace, tolerance and dialogue between Turks and Armenian will be
taken up,” he noted.