The chairman of the Turkish Historical Society said the historians will study documents obtained from British, American and German archives during the two-day event.
Metin Hulagu told the Anadolu Agency that academics across Turkey will meet in eastern province of Van, where Armenians were deported from after conflict in the province in 1915.
"We are open to discuss these allegations with Armenian historians who say "There is a genocide" and also with other domestic and foreign historians, but there is not much participation from them," said Hulagu, noting that the issue would be on the international agenda with the centenary of the alleged genocide in 2015. "These lecturers will not present heroic Turkish studies, otherwise, they will depend on findings of foreign studies."
The chairman also said the Turkish Historical Society would hold panels about the topic in the provinces of Sakarya, Kayseri, Erzurum, Ankara and Karabuk in April and May.
The Armenian diaspora and state of Armenia call the 1915 events a genocide and has asked for compensation. Turkey claims that while Armenians died during deportation, many Turks also died from attacks by Armenian gangs in Anatolia.
[aa.com.tr]
21/4/14
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ReplyDeleteLe Premier ministre turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a présenté mercredi les condoléances de la Turquie "aux petits-enfants des Arméniens tués en 1915", lors des massacres visant cette communauté. La Turquie ne reconnaît pas le génocide des Arméniens.
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The Turkish foreign minister has expressed hope that Turkey's call for a joint academic research on the events of 1915 to Armenia "will not hang in the air"....
ReplyDeleteTurkey's move "is a call for Armenia that we hope to be answered," Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters on Wednesday, referring to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's offer.
Turkey has called for the research of the 1915 events to be carried out by a commission of Turkish, Armenian and international historians, the Turkish Prime Ministry said in a statement earlier on Wednesday ahead of the anniversary of the events.
The 1915 events took place during World War I when a portion of the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire sided with the invading Russians and uprose against the Ottoman authority. The uprisings were followed by a relocation decision of the Ottoman Empire concerning Armenians living in eastern Anatolia.
As a result, an unknown number of people died amid civil strife.
"History isn't just black and white - a grey area is needed. Everyone needs to show virtue by sharing the pains of the past," Davutoglu said at a reception held in Ankara for Turkey's April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day.
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