Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Feb 9 2008
Premier says no such things as genocide in Turkish culture
Munich, 9 February: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
on Saturday [9 February] there was no such thing like genocide in
Turkish culture and civilization.
Erdogan replied to questions on several matters after his speech at
the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Germany.
In regard to Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915,
Erdogan said, "There is no such thing like genocide in our culture.
We cannot accept it. We are ready to discuss the matter by the means
of documents."
Replying to a question, he said, "We are holding talks with (Iraqi
President Jalal) Talabani because he is president. Our cross-border
operation continues in a tripartite mechanism (USA, Turkey and
Iraq)."
Upon questions on the Article 301 of Turkish Penal Code, Erdogan
said, "We earlier made a legal arrangement on it but it was not liked
by the EU. We are preparing another one now. It will be ready soon."