WHAT IS THE CRIME ARMENIANS COMMITTED?
ARTHUR HOVHANNISYAN
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on April 12, 2008
Armenia
Recently a piece of noteworthy information has been published in
`Hayots Ashkharh’ and `Golos Armenii’ dailies regarding the meeting and
secret negotiations between L. Ter-Petrosyan and the leader of `Grey
Wolves’ (`Nationalistic Movement’ Party) Alparslan Tyurkesh. Many
details of the meeting in hotel `Grillon’ in Concord Square in Paris,
on March 1993, are still unknown.
Anyhow 12 years after the before mentioned meeting, on March and April,
2005 the series of articles in Turkish `Milliet’ include important
information regarding the contacts and deals between Alparslan Tyurkesh
and his son Tughrul Tyurkesh and Levon and Telman Ter-Petrosyans.
According to our information from the Turkish side Turkish Ambassador
Bleda, Secretary of the Embassy Menter Shahinler, as well as the son of
the leader of `Grey Wolves’ Tughrul Tyurkesh and from Armenian side
former Foreign Minister Vahan Papazyan and Jirayr Liparityan,
considered as a `gray cardinal’ in the administration of the former
President, also participated in the before mentioned negotiations.
Quoting Samson Eozararat, (an Armenian or considering himself an
Armenian born in Turkey), who used to be in close cooperation with L.
Ter-Petrosyan `Milliet’ reported details about the meetings, kept in
secret before. Eozararat underscored that during the discussions A.
Tyurkesh has mainly introduced Ankara’s official stance and
Ter-Petrosyan mentioned that he has many times heard the arguments of
the Turks.
By the way the Turks were shocked, when Levon Ter-Petrosyan wished the
best to Tyurkesh’s son in Turkish language. They were shocked not
because of the fact of wishing well but because of his perfect
knowledge of Turkish language. In Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s letter
addressed to Turkey, published in ”Jumhuriet” in 1995 the before
mentioned wishes were warmer: ”We express our friendly and warm
feelings towards the Turkish people.”
In his interview given to ”Milliet”, Jirayr Liparityan, one of the
participants of the before mentioned meeting, who was the key
responsible for the foreign policy of the former authorities,
underscored that the meeting between Levon Ter-Petrosyan and A.
Tyurkesh was of great significance in the path of interstate relations.
He said there has been no disagreement between L. Ter-Petrosyan and
Foreign Minister Vahan Papazyan in their negotiations with Turkish
officials.
As reported by ”Milliet”, quoting Samson Eozararat, a little after
the meeting the two sides discussed the issue of building a monument
dedicated to the victims of 1915 (notice: not the Genocide of 1915, but
simply 1915) on Armenian Turkish border. The most noteworthy thing is
that they were planning to write: `We mourn for the pain we caused’: in
Turkish – on the side looking at Armenia and in Armenian – on the side
looking at Turkey.
I wonder what pain did Armenians cause to Turkish people? What crime
did we commit, which is equal to Armenian Genocide? Meanwhile it is not
difficult to notice, that by participating in similar discussions and
by giving his agreement regarding the construction of the before
mentioned monument L. Ter-Petrosyan, as a President of Armenia, has, in
fact, played into the hands of Turkey’s foreign policy and advocacy and
the latter is shamelessly introducing Turks as the victims of the
Genocide and the Armenians – as those who committed that Genocide.
On February 23, 1995, Jirayr Liparityan visited Turkey, where he met
with Tughrul Tyurkesh in Hotel `Hilton’ in Ankara. It’s worth
mentioning that the meeting that started at 22.45 p.m. finished at
02.00 a.m.
`Milliet’ also touched upon Samson Eozararat’s visit to Yerevan and the
fact that he returned to Turkey from our capital city by the closed
border. It is noteworthy that the secret envoy didn’t have any problems
with the border-guards of the both sides. Most probably his departure
from Armenia has been realized by Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s direct
mediation.