AKCAM’S BOOK ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PRESENTED IN ATHENS

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.04.2008 15:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Presentation of "A shameful Act: Armenian Genocide
and the Question of Turkish Responsibility" book by Turkish scholar
Taner Akcam took place in Athens on April 16, the RA MFA press office
reported.

"I am often asked why Turkey keeps up its policy of denial. I
think that it’s conditioned by moral reasons. Each nation has its
heroes. It’s hard to accept the shortcomings of these heroes and it’s
even harder to realize that they were criminals and liars.

Degradation of heroes is pregnant with grave consequences and can
deliver a serious blow on national dignity. That is why Turkey should
be a developing democracy and its people should learn to face up the
history," Akcam said.

Armenia’s Ambassador to Greece Vahram Kazhoyan, Greece parliament
vice speaker Anastasios Nerandzis, MPs, university lecturers and
representatives of the Armenian community also attended the ceremony.

On April 15, the book was presented in Thessaloniki.