CEMAL USAK: THE HORRIBLE EVENTS OF 1915 WERE A TRAGEDY FOR ARMENIANS AND RESULT OF NATIONALISM

2008-02-07 20:40:00

ArmInfo. The horrible events of 1915 were a tragedy for Armenians and
the result of nationalism. It was a tragedy not only for Armenians
but also for Muslim Turks as the former had lost their homeland
while the latter – good hard-working neighbors, the general secretary
of the Inter-Cultural Dialogue Platform, the vice president of the
Journalists and Writers Foundation of Istanbul Cemal Usak said during
the international scientific conference "States of the Caucasus and
the Middle East as Possible Partners in the Process of Formation of
Regional Security System" which is being held in Armenia Marriott
Hotel Feb 7-8.

Usak said that conflicts and hostility are often based on
religion. "Why can’t we pave the way to peace and friendship by
finding universal features in religion," he said.

Usak believes that Armenians and Turks should focus on the things they
have in common and solve political problems by means of inter-cultural
dialogue.