Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
October 31, 2017 Tuesday


No one wants to be grandson of murderer – Turkish journalist speaks
about Armenian Genocide recognition process



YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, ARMENPRESS. Turkish journalist Serdar Koroglu
highlights the role of the Turkish and Armenian civil societies in the
peace building process between the two peoples, Koroglu told the
reporters in Etchmiadzin, where he participated in an international
conference on seeking ways for establishing peace in the region. “I
think that civil societies have a great role here. You know that there
are political and historical troubles between our countries, but the
establishment of social peace is above all”, ARMENPRESS reports Serdar
Koroglu saying.

The Turkish journalist thinks that the day when the Turkish people
will say “Yes, the Genocide took place”, is not still near, because
it’s a long process. “Following the assassination of Hrant Dink, some
awakening occurred. Many started to speak about those realities. Now
many people know that the Genocide took place, but acknowledging it is
a more complicated process. No one wants to know that his grandfather
or grandmother was a murderer. No one wants to be a grandson of a
murderer”, the journalist said. According to him, coming to Armenia is
as hard for Turks, including him, as it is for Germans to go to
Jerusalem.

Speaking about his vision on normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations,
Serdar Koroglu highlighted the continuation of tete-a-tete dialogue.
“The football diplomacy was a very good opportunity for normalizing
Armenian-Turkish relations. I think such measures at the official
level are of key importance, since issues cannot be solved with closed
doors. We need new and new measures, we have to open our doors and
have to speak to each other more. I see the solution in this way”, he
concluded.