The Guardian: Armenian Genocide Still Remains Taboo In Turkey

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THE GUARDIAN: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE STILL REMAINS TABOO IN TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.04.2009 20:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It is still dangerous to hold public discussions
on Armenian Genocide in Turkey, British Guardian newspapers writes in
an article entitled "Tackling the Turkish Taboo". Referring to Orham
Pamouk, Elif Shafak and Hrant Dink, Robert Ellis Guardian analyst
notes that Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code is still in effect.

"Nevertheless, Turkish society shows positive signs. Turkish
intellectuals’ Internet campaign and refusal to file criminal case
due to insufficient evidence is already a sign of progress," the
analyst writes.

Ellis also finds that President Obama was met with criticism from
both sides, while trying to maneuver between a rock and a hard place.

The article ends with the following quotation from Turkish historian
Taner Akcam, "Turkey needs to stop treating the discussion of history
as a category of crime"

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS