Gayane Mkrtchyan, ArmeniaNow

On the eve of the 99th anniversary of the Armenian genocide policy analysts and specialist in Turkish studies have asserted that the world has long accepted the fact of the Armenian genocide, although some countries still refuse to recognize, because the agenda of the world – rationality of international politics – requires.

During the years of the First World War more than two million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. Around one and half million Armenians were killed between 1915-1923, the others were forcibly converted to Islam or found refuge in other countries. Despite the ongoing process of recognition of the Armenian genocide, Turkey continues to struggle against it.

The analyst Abraham Gasparyan says that “real politics” dominates politics today and then feelings and propaganda are long gone, and if you are on the side of “real politics” you attain success.

“Today, Turkey is an attractive state is a large market in terms of investment and military weapons, compared to what, with our resources, we can not convince the International Society of anything just for the sake of human justice. But we have the greatest advantage against Turkey – organized and stable communities in the diaspora with some political agenda. These communities replace oil; we have a powerful Armenian field abroad “Gasparian told ArmeniaNow. “It’s just 10 million of us in the fight against 90 million in the world, and we have survived for 3000 years in this region, we will continue to survive thanks to the flexibility factor and our minds against their oil “.

The Turkologist Artak Shakaryan noted that Armenia should be considered more of a brain center and the sphere of information technology is the winner of the future of Armenia ticket.

While next year is the centenary of genocide, experts state that “our struggle has a history of 50 years.”

Gasparyan said that the first Armenian Republic, formed just after the genocide, was occupied only with the protection of borders and refugee problems for two and a half years. Later, with the fact of becoming a part of the Soviet Union turned into an obstacle, even to talk about the Armenian Genocide.

“The Diaspora was formed in the aftermath of genocide could not cope with this problem in the first 50 years. She had to go through the steps of adaptation, integration and stabilization area and then only hear his voice. The 50th anniversary marked the beginning of gatherings to the international recognition of the genocide, “he said.

April 24, 1965, when the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in many countries, a large demonstration was held in Soviet Armenia too. To meet public demand the Council of Ministers of 16 May 1965 RSS decided to build a memorial to the victims of genocide and the monument was completed in 1967 on Tsitsernakaberd overlooking Yerevan.

Shakaryan told ArmeniaNow that this new pressure around the Armenian question was introduced on the political agenda in the international arena by the actions of ASALA -. Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia Act of 1975 to 1997 lot later, the Republic of Armenia was presented as an independent nation-state.

In 2011 the Armenian diaspora and Armenia have joined forces for a common goal in the circles of the Commission marks century of genocide.

Shakaryan noted that the centenary is an opportunity to reassess the past, and on April 24 – a day for the rebirth and from which it acquires energy.

“We put too much emphasis on the recognition when we have to talk about compensation. How come she will – land or physically? Who will decide what type of compensation is fair or unfair, how it will be distributed? These are issues we have not even thought of and the greatest fears of the Turks are hidden there “Shakaryan said.

Turkey specialist at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Levon Hovsepian said that since 2000, the issue of the Armenian genocide in Turkey is considered a matter of national security because they understand well as the recognition and condemnation of the crime shall be punished respectively, and the punishment is the issue of compensation.

“The Commission is already preparing legal arrangements whose work is shared by foreign and Armenian specialists in international law, the compensation that can be awarded to Armenia by international courts and how problems related to genocide – property assets – will be resolved, “said Hovsepian.

Abraham Gasparyan says that because of Armenian lobbying, we need to achieve the inclusion of materials related to the genocide in the programs of foreign educational institutions, as was the case in the U.S. state of California.

“The second step is a work of public relations – an abundant literature on this subject in Turkish, better use of platforms social networks, organization of mobile entertainment in the most famous galleries in the world, working with the Turkish company . Armenia should become the arena for progressive Turkish intelligentsia “Gasparian said.

Hovsepian, meanwhile, says that Turkey has moved to a “soft denial” because the international community does not understand his strict refusal.

In December 2008, about 200 Turkish intellectuals have organized an online event “Armenians, forgive us” and only within 10 days 30,000 people have joined. Two years later, before April 24, 70 Turkish intellectuals share a message with the title “This pain is our pain, this pain is everyone” calling their countrymen to gather in Taksim Square on the night of 24 April. This year, a platform dedicated to arméniein genocide in Turkey will organize various events on April 24.

On April 10 the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. Senate agreed to the resolution Res 410 on the Armenian Genocide asking the Senate to join them and ensuring that the foreign policy of the United States reflects the position of the Senate. The resolution also stated that genocide is still unpunished. Earlier in his telephone conversation with Secretary of State John Kerry Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara expressed dissatisfaction on the passage of the bill on the events of 1915 in the discussion of the Senate and also the acceptance by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate resolution. According to Davutoglu, the Turkish government will take action against organizations that “disturb” Turkey. He also expressed the hope that the resolution will be blocked in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Hovsepian, given geopolitical developments and Turkish-US relations says “I do not think that today the United States will worsen their relations with Turkey, and with it the loss of an ally like Turkey and it is a process with the ultimate result that the interests and concerns of a rational country are at stake. ”

And is it vital is the word “genocide” is delivered by U.S. President Barack Obama on April 24?

Shakaryan said: “Our nation, since the time Avarayr like moral victories. Obama saying the word genocide is simply a moral victory for us with it, we will show the world that the leader of the most powerful country in the world expresses this word as a political position. Among U.S. presidents Ronald Ragan had spoken before, but it did not change anything. ”

The first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide was Uruguay in 1965, since then more than 20 countries have followed suit.

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