ERDOGAN LABELS U.S. PRESIDENT’S APRIL 24 STATEMENT UNACCEPTABLE

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2009 10:44 GMT+04:00

Obama’s remarks regarding events of 1915 are unacceptable, Turkish
Prime Minister said.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan thinks Obama’s words do not reflect real history.

"Such a sensitive issue of expertise, which should in fact be left to
historians, is continuously being used as a tool for politics and a
matter of misuse by Armenian lobbies every year, and this prevents
normalization of relations between people and countries," Erdogan
said during Justice & Development (AK) Party meeting in Ankara.

He also reminded Turkey’s initiative to set committee of historians
to examine 1915 events.

"I would like to express my deep sorrow over efforts of many
politicians to try to win votes over misuse of 1915 incidents, and
history is an esteemed branch of science that cannot be made a tool
for internal politics," Erdogan said and added Turkey is not a country
that can be fooled, The Anatolia News Agency reported.