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| Turkey won't apologize for Armenian Genocide |
| 2004-12-15 |
| Yesterday, France suggested Turkey should apologize for the Armenian Genocide prior to gaining EU membership (might have been an empty threat, maybe a bargaining position, maybe serious - Today, Turkey answered) ------------------------- December 15, 2004 Turkey will not apologise for Armenian genocide By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent TURKEY has reacted angrily to a demand by France that it accept responsibility for a "genocide" against Armenians nearly 80 years ago, which is thought to have influenced the Nazi Holocaust [the theory here is that the Germans realized that if the Turks could get away with it the Germans could to] .... Historians believe that Turkish authorities orchestrated the killing of 1.5 million Armenian Christians, who were indigenous inhabitants of Turkey, in a brutal attempt to make an ethnically pure nation.... However, a Turkish government spokesman said: "There was no such genocide, so there is no question of recognising a genocide that did not happen." |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #3 I had a boss once, actually a pretty good guy who was Turkish ancestry. He maintained that the 1.5 million people died as a result of 'uncoordinated massacres'. Seemed to me a pretty thin distinction but obviously it meant a lot to him. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-12-15 6:44:44 PM |
| #2 There is no way no how any apology is ever coming. Non starter. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-15 6:31:04 PM |
| #1 Murat wors for the Turkish government. Whoda thunk? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-15 4:20:34 PM |