Turkish Daily News
January 23, 2009 Friday

TARAF – PRESS SCANNER

[HH] So-called revolution for the state The National Security Council,
or MGK, alongside the ministries of education and foreign affairs have
changed the official discourse on the Armenian matter, reported daily
Taraf yesterday

"The events of 1915" and "Armenian claims on the events of 1915" are
going to replace "so-called Armenian genocide" in news texts of the
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, or TRT, and Anatolian News
Agency, or AA

MGK reached a decision in 2005 to use a more mild tone in relations
with neighboring countries and to avoid the use of terms that create
hostility between societies. The first step that year was removing
hostile statements against Greece from schoolbooks and in 2007 a
second step was made toward Armenia.

As there was no diplomatic relations between the two countries at the
time, however, the act was an indirect one. Since September 2007,
comments from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, publications of the
Ministry of Education and news texts from TRT and AA have avoided the
use of "so-called Armenian genocide."

It was reported that a board within the MGK formed to fight the claims
of Armenian genocide cooperated with the Ministry of Education to
eliminate hostile comments against Armenians from schoolbooks as
well. The texts on the Web site of the Foreign Affairs Ministry
including the "so-called Armenian genocide" have been changed as well

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress