‘Armenians do not Open Archives as They Avoid Realty’
By Cihan
Zaman, Turkey
June 18 2005
Published: Saturday 18, 2005
zaman.com
Professor Justin McCarthy of the Louisville University, US, said,
Armenians do not open their historical archives because they are
afraid of facing realities.
McCarthy remarked that the Turkish government and non-government
organizations (NGOs) should act immediately to express themselves
openly to the world regarding the so-called Armenian genocide
allegations.
Noting that Armenians have been conducting studies on this issue for 80
years, the Professor criticized Turks, saying that they have only been
conducting serious studies for the past 10 years. McCarthy emphasized
the Armenian issue would be a long-term study and said Turks need to
make this study not for themselves but for their children. He continued
that if Turks want their children to be comfortable in the future,
they had to work accordingly. McCarthy reminded, Armenians act as
a unified body around the world and they have many studies on this
issue to the contrary of Turks that the country’s archives are kept
at the General Staff office do not work because they were written
by military terminology in Turkish. The US historian underlined
the necessity that the history professors’ studies in Turkey should
immediately be translated into English, German, and French.