CHAIRMAN OF TURKISH HISTORY ORGANIZATION: "IF ARMENIANS BELIEVE THEMSELVES, LET THEM UNVEIL DASHNAK ARCHIVES IN BOSTON"
Azeri Press Agency
May 21 2008
Azerbaijan
Ankara. Mayis Alizadeh-APA. Chairman of Turkish History Organization,
the center of government policy against the so-called "Armenian
genocide" claims, Professor Yusuf Halachoglu interviewed by APA
-You told "Hurriyet" newspaper on May 20 that you might give $20
million to Armenians for unveiling of Dashnak archives in Boston. What
leads you to make such statement?
-Dashnak Party was the main Armenian organization in Anatolia in that
time. Therefore unveiling of Dashnak archives will make clear all
essences of the events. Armenians claimed that they had no financial
resources to unveil the archives and to research the documents. We
told them that we might support them financially on condition that
the archives would be opened and materials would be qualified under
our control. However it is impossible for Armenians to accept it,
because they know that such event didn’t take place and they try to
use it only. I made this proposal to prevent it.
-Dashnaks spread terrorism over Azerbaijan after Anatolia. Everybody
knows that Dashnaks committed genocide in Baku on March 31, 1918. Are
there any materials on it in archives in Boston?
There are probably such materials. Why did Dashnaks carry their
archives to Boston, the US? The Republic of Armenia was established
and they could carry these materials there. Armenian archives till
1923 were remained closed. They could carry these archives to Russia
as well. States telling lies about archives of Ottoman Empire should
be clever. Everybody should know that archives of Ottoman Empire are
open and Armenian archives remained close.
-Rajab Tayyip Erdogan’s letter on it was not replied positively on
May 8, 2005.
You know reasons why they did not reply to letter. What will they
discuss with us? Which documents will they show? If they believe in
themselves, they should open archives of Dashnaks.
-Your another initiative – discussions within the framework of Vienna
platform remained unsuccessful for unilateral claims of Armenians.
Armenians stated that they could conduct discussions after approval
of so-called genocide. What will we discuss after its approval?!