"ARMENIAN ISSUE IS TOO COMPLICATED, ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CANNOT DEPEND ON LOBBYING". ZAMAN
By H. Chaqrian

AZG Armenian Daily
20/04/2007

The position of Turkey on the Armenian Genocide is surely the denial
of the fact. Nevertheless the process of worldwide recognition of
the Genocide displays the inconsistency of such positions. At the
same time the positions of the Turkish press, trying to conceal the
truth from the public by means of disinformation, are also foundering.

On April 16 "Zaman" newspaper in an article entitled "The Guilt of
the Turkish Press in the Armenian Issue" made a reference to the
question of misinforming the public. The article reminds of a kind
of confession.

Nevertheless it is aimed not at the revelation of the truth but rather
at the admittance of the fact that the recognition of the Armenian
Genocide cannot be avoided.

"I was first time to Brussels and paid a visit to the Turkish
Ambassador in Belgium. I recollect I was shocked by the Ambassador’s
statement that Turkey has no more counter-arguments against the
Armenian Issue, as the recognition of the Armenian "Genocide" has
become a "creed" for Europe," writes the "Zaman" reporter.

When approaching to the matter from the Turkish point of view, the
Armenian Genocide seems an utter lie.

Europe and the USA surely know the truth, but they feign ignorance for
the sake of political insinuations. Turkish media usually explained
adoption of resolutions on eth Armenian genocide by the parliaments of
various European states by mere lobbying and thus the Turkish public
remained unaware of the real matter.

Major Turkish newspapers also used to write that during each election
campaign, European politicians vowed to achieve the recognition of
the Armenian Genocide in order to gain the Armenian’s votes.

Nevertheless, the politicians of states like Slovakia and Poland
followed this example, although Armenian population in those states is
rather low. Thus it came through that the explanations of the Turkish
media are inconsistent and the process of recognition of the Armenian
Genocide in Europe is not merely caused by lobbying.

A few days ago head of the Turkish Historians’ Union Yusuf Halacoglu
exclaimed that the Western politicians know very well that the Genocide
is fiction. On the contrary, "The New York Times" on April 13 wrote
that the world knew about it (the Genocide) but did nothing to prevent
it, in this way encouraging Hitler, the Tootsie tribe leaders in
Rwanda and President of Sudan Omar Al Basheer. The newspaper comes to
conclusion that the most hideous crimes against humanity were derived
from the example of the Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire
against Armenians.

"Zaman" comes to conclusion that such statements cannot be made in a
society which realizes the untruthfulness of the allegations of the
Genocide. The newspaper notes that "even USA and Israel, the closest
allies of Turkey, state in public that the massacres of the Armenians
are not qualified as genocide for the only reason not to lose Ankara".

"Insinuations against Turkey and lobbyism are obviously present in the
Armenian Issue. At the same time irrelevant attitude of the Turkish
press to the matter prevented it from being thoroughly realized,"
"Zaman" summarizes its observations.