AZG Armenian Daily #015, 27/01/2007

YERVAND AZATYAN: TURKS APPLY DOUBLE STANDARDS, ON ONE HAND THEY
CONDEMN THE GENOCIDE, ON THE OTHER THEY COMMIT THAT

Hrant Dink, Editor-in-Chief of "Agos" newspaper, killed in Istanbul on
January 19, was doomed to death under modern conditions of the Turkish
society, Yervand Azatyan, the person in charge of the "Tekeyan"
organization’s office in the USA and Canada, a member of Ramkavar
Azatakan party said at today’s press-conference in "Urbat" pres
club. He emphasized that the Armenian community of Turkey, unlike the
Armenian Diaspora in other countries, behaves extremely gingerly and
cautiously, taking care of its business and daily needs only and tries
not to "show itself". And there appears a journalist who puts the
emphasis in his publications not so much on the necessity of
recognizing the Armenian Genocide by Turkey as on "stopping to
consider the national minorities, living in Turkey – the Assyrians,
Armenians, Curds and others the slaves of the Ottoman
Turkey". Naturally, a radically disposed part of the Turkish society
could not forgive Hrant Dink for this, Azatyan stated. As for the
response of the Armenian, Turkish and international press to the
murder of Hrant Dink, the Armenian press, according to Y. Azatyan, has
responded rather emotionally, without keeping from anti-Turkish
hysteria. The Turkish press has also responded emotionally, but in its
typical manner – one newspaper even tried to reveal the Armenian roots
at H. Dink’s killer. As for the international Media, the American
press did not respond at all, while the European Mass Media have even
managed to come out with analytical calculations, Y. Azatyan said.

By Marieta Khachatrian