No Turk can be sure that he is not Armenian genetically: Armenian scientist

2009-12-26 13:51:00

ArmInfo. "No one can be sure that the so-called Turk is not an
Armenian genetically," Sevak Avagyan, Director of the Charitable Fund
"Armenian Register of Bone Marrow Donors", told ArmInfo.

He said Armenians are genetically compatible mostly with Turks,
Iranians, Kurds, Greeks, Italians, Egyptians, Lebanese, and
Macedonians. This was proved also by an authoritative research of
Spanish scientists from Complutense University of Madrid. "Besides
medical research, history showed that many Armenian women were
forcibly taken to Turkish harems and were assimilated. Mass Media has
recently reported that Turkish president and foreign minister have
Armenian roots. A relevant research in Anatolia, that was previously
densely populated with Armenians, will show much genetic
compatibility," Avagyan said. As regards the facts of genesis for
treatment of leukemia and other blood diseases via bone marrow
transplantation, Avagyan said bone marrow donorship is not restricted
by national, religious, political or territorial factors. In addition,
he said, close cooperation with the Turkish party to save the lives of
children would bolster political contacts as well. "One saved life of
a child will help breaking distrust and hostility of the two peoples
better than thousands of diplomats and politicians could do," the
scientist said.