TURKISH PEACE ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS THE APOLOGY TO THE ARMENIANS CAMPAIGN
BIA
Dec 23 2008
Turkey
The Turkish Peace Assembly describes the campaign to apologize to the
Armenians as a right move in the direction of facing the past. They
claim that the citizens did what the state should have done and they
accuse the counter campaigns for making living together impossible.
The Turkish Peace Assembly sees "the campaign to apologize to my
Armenian brothers and sisters" as a "development that strengthens
the hopes and demands for peace."
The assembly announced that this campaign was part of the process of
facing the past and the campaigns that include racist and impatient
approaches make living together impossible.
"The citizens did what the state should have done" Calling upon the
authorities to take a step towards the social peace by facing the
history and the problems, the Peace Assembly characterized those who
participate in the campaigned as "the citizen who are doing what the
state should do."
Describing the announcements by the Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff
and the heads of the political parties as "the counter campaign", The
Peace Assembly says, "The fact the President felt forced to reveal
his ethnic origin to the public shows what kind of danger a normal
citizen and the society are facing."
The number of the signatures is 20 thousand In the morning hours,
when this news was being written, the number of the signatures in
the campaign to apologize to the Armenians (ozurdiliyoruz.com) was
over 20 thousand.