Armenian Diaspora Dangerous For Turkey, Turkish Historian Considers

[Hovik]

ARMENIAN DIASPORA DANGEROUS FOR TURKEY, TURKISH HISTORIAN CONSIDERS

PanArmenian News Network
July 18 2005

18.07.2005 06:08

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There is no political pressure on the discussion of
the Armenian issue, Professor Hikmet Ozdemir, head of the Armenian
Studies Department at the Turkish Union of Historians stated when
asked why the open discussion of the Armenian issue is under political
pressure, Die Welt reports. When commenting on the negative statements
by Turkish Foreign Minister on the Armenian Genocide Conference
in Istanbul Ozdemir noted that no one forced the initiators to
cancel the conference. In his words, Turkey refrained from the
discussions of the Armenian issue due to the unwillingness to reopen
old wounds. "The Armenian Diaspora has convinced the whole world in
the thesis of Genocide and this prejudice can have grave consequences
for Turkey. We urge international discussion of the issue. We have
opened our archives. We request all other participants of the First
World War to produce the documents they possess", Ozdemir stated.

[Hovik]

Turkey and Turks,
Ever hear the good old saying "What you sow, you shall reap". You made your bed, now lay in it. There wouldn't be such a diaspora, let alone one causing you "problems" if you hadn't committed Genocide, and then allowed your new republic to foolishly deny it for 90 years. We are not going away - We're here to stay. Either get used to us, or recognize the Armenian Genocide so we can all try to get along again...

[Tongue]

There wouldn't be such a diaspora, let alone one causing you "problems" if you hadn't committed Genocide, and then allowed your new republic to foolishly deny it for 90 years.

Thank you!

I've noticed it myself, Turks blame the genocide "allegations" on the diaspora... but interestingly enough, every other diasporan has lost some family members in the genocide. My great grandma for example, escaped the genocide after her entire family was massacred, went to Russia and then moved to Iran and got married there! Her kids and grand kids are now all over the world... the result of the genocide. Perhaps that's the main reason why the diaspora is super sensitive on this issue. No wonder Turks don't like us!