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Turkish nationalists urge to arrest intellectuals calling to apologize
to Armenians
06.12.2008 14:21 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Some Turkish intellectuals and academicians are
getting ready to launch a campaign to apologize to the Armenian nation
for denial of the `Great Calamity’ of 1915, Vatan Turkish daily
reports.

`We are apologizing for not being able to discuss this topic openly
for such a long time, nearly one hundred years. I follow the dictates
of reason,’ Dr. Cengiz Aktar said, when explaining why he joined the
campaign against the Armenian Genocide denial.

`What happened to Armenians is not well-known but people are forced to
forget it. The topic is highly provocative. Turks have heard much from
their elders, their grandfathers about this calamity which,
unfortunately has not been studied properly. Therefore, many people in
Turkey, with good intentions, think that nothing happened to
Armenians,’ Aktar said.

Meanwhile, Turkish nationalists demand that the people `supporting
Armenian claims should be arrested.’

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress