Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 14 2006

Betul Aslan: Reports of Armenian massacres in Erzurum are kept in
archives

[ 14 Apr 2007 14:28 ]

`Archeologists carry out archeological excavations in order to find
mass burial site. But to find the places of the graves it is
important to use archive materials and reports. The evidence
testimony of 12 year-old Ali Gurjan played great role in finding
place of burial site occurred as the result of Armenian massacres in
Erzurum,’ author of book `Armenian events in Erzurum -1918-1920
(memories-documents-excavations)’ Betul Aslan told APA’s Turkey
bureau.

Noting that this excavation was carried out in Timar village of
Erzurum oblast on July 7, 1993, the author said the previous
excavation was carried out on October 7, 1988.
`Found shawls, hairs, sheets of Koran and buttons again prove that
the buried in this site are Muslims, Turks. The anthropological
analyses also proved it. Some foreign journalists took part in
excavations. After Armenians committed massacre and left the region
Turkish army came to the site and made the reports of the events. I
have included the reports in my book,’ Betul Aslan said. /APA/