TARAF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES LETTER FROM READERS RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.03.2010 17:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Taraf newspaper published a letter
on the Armenian Genocide, signed by 14 readers. The letter ran:
"Indifference to major tragedy, inflicted upon Armenians by Ottoman
Empire in 1915 and its denial is against our conscience. We renounce
the injustice, commiserating with our Armenian brothers and believe
PM Erdogan’s statement on the intention to deport Armenian workers,
actually turning them into hostages, to be inhumane. We voice our
protest against inhumanity."

The letter was a shock for Turkey, media reports say.

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.