TURKEY SHOULD MATURE FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.09.2007 15:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The problem is not in the Armenian Genocide
recognition but in Turkey’s policy. Turks suffer from the guilt complex
while Armenians cannot overcome the victim complex. The Turkish nation
should mature for the Genocide recognition. We are neighbors and this
fact is unchangeable. However, Turks deprived us of motherland and
do not even allow us to visit it directly," diplomat and historian
Ara Papian said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.
"Nevertheless, Armenians should speak of all genocides and understand
that it’s not a historical issue but the issue of present and
future. International pressure on Turkey will increase," he noted.
"Presently, Turkey faces a choice: either to become a European state
or remain as such, i.e dangerous for its neighbors. Nationalism
proclaimed by Ataturk rests on the General Staff. On the other hand,
Islamists do not share European values. Just go 200 km away from
Istanbul and you will see Turkey living as if in the 19th century,
not to mention the vilayets bordering with Armenia," he said.