RUSSIAN HISTORIAN: TURKEY’S RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN MASSACRE MATTER OF TIME
Journal of Turkish Weekly
May 24 2006
A Russian PhD in history Viktor Bezotosny told the Regnum news agency
that Turkey should recognize the Armenian genocide of 1915, as the
fact is grounded by undisputable proofs. Bezotosny is head of the
19th century department at the State Historical Museum in Russia.
According to Regnum, Bezotosny said the question of recognizing the
“historic truth” is a question of time.
“The whole world knows about the events of 1915 and calls them
Genocide. It’s strange, that only one country rejects it and tries
to misinterpret and escape from historic facts. There are good and
bad pages in history of any country.”
Adding that, “Well, they should be bold and take responsibility to tell
the truth, otherwise memory of those killed in those awful years is
being defiled,” Viktor Bezotosny is quoted as saying. The historian
believes that the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and the Holocaust are
results of domestic policies pursued by countries that committed
such villainy.
It is worth mentioning, Russia recognized the Armenian Genocide
officially. Fact of the Genocide was recognized by many countries,
including France, Uruguay, lower chamber of the Italian parliament,
several US states, parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium,
Wales, Swiss National Council, Canadian House of Commons and Polish
Seym.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
