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Turkish Press: Turkish VP: No one can defame Turkey over 1915 events

Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
October 1, 2018 Monday


Turkish VP: No one can defame Turkey over 1915 events


'We don't respect decisions of parliaments that bow before Armenian
diaspora and ban Turkish views' says Fuat Oktay


ANKARA

Turkey's vice president on Monday slammed countries which recognize
the Armenian allegations on the events of 1915.

"We don't respect the decisions of the parliaments that bow before the
Armenian diaspora and ban Turkish views," Fuat Oktay told a gathering
of historians in the capital Ankara.

Underscoring that the efforts to smear Turkey have failed, Oktay said:
"Despite all efforts, those who aimed to defame our history by using
the events of 1915 did not reach their goals."

"The slander campaigns, which intensified particularly before 2015,
have been pushed back with our country's stance and the efforts of our
official institutions, such as the Turkish Historical Society," he
told the 18th Turkish History Congress at the Bestepe National
Congress and Culture Center.

Saying Turkish history is a "whole," Oktay added: "We do not need to
approach our history with a 'disclaimer of inheritance' or take a
'revisionist' perspective."

Turkey's position on the events of 1915 is that deaths of Armenians in
eastern Anatolia in 1915 occurred after some sided with invading
Russians and revolted against Ottoman forces. A subsequent relocation
of Armenians resulted in numerous casualties.

Ankara does not accept the alleged "genocide," but acknowledges there
were casualties on both sides during World War I.

Turkey objects to the presentation of the incidents as "genocide" but
describes the 1915 events as a tragedy for both sides.

Ankara has repeatedly proposed the creation of a joint commission of
historians from Turkey and Armenia plus international experts to
tackle the issue.

Reporting by Mehet Tosun:Writing by Merve Aydogan

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