FM Of Turkey: The Removal From Office Of A Controversial Historian K

FM OF TURKEY: THE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF A CONTROVERSIAL HISTORIAN KNOWN AS A HARD-LINER IN DEBATES ON ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS OF ‘GENOCIDE’ WAS NOT CONNECTED TO RECENT EFFORTS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA

ArmInfo
2008-07-28 11:04:00

The removal from office of a controversial historian known as a
hard-liner in debates on Armenian allegations of "genocide" was not
connected to recent efforts to normalize relations between Turkey
and Armenia, Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said.

As "Zaman" Turkish newspaper recalls, professor Yusuf Halacoglu,
who had served as the president of the Turkish Historical Society
(TTK) since 1993, was removed from office by a Cabinet decision that
went into effect earlier this week. The Gazi University professor
is a strong denier of allegations that Armenians were subjected to
genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks during World War I.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS