Istanbul Born Armenian Historian in Limelight of Turkish TV

AZG Armenian Daily #211, 04/11/2006

Turkey

ISTANBUL-BORN ARMENIAN HISTORIAN IN LIMELIGHT OF TURKISH TV

Istanbul-born Armenian historian Levon Panos Tapakhian has denied the
fact of the Armenian Genocide. On November 3, the Turkish television
posted the historian’s denial on its website under the title "Armenian
Historian’s Truth Is Completely Different.

Even Armenians Oppose the French Lie."

According to the website, Tapakhian delivered a lecture on
Armenian Genocide at Istanbul’s municipal department of People’s
Democratic Party. He underscored that the Armenian issue refers to
the Turkish-Armenians and the Turks and that the so-called Armenian
genocide allegations were invented by the Western powers which keep
speculating the issue.

Rounding off Tapakhian said: "Armenians underwent deportation from the
Ottoman Empire. The West now calls this incident, which is described
as deportation, genocide. There was no such thing. It was a deportation
not genocide."

By Hakob Chakrian

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS