France: FOG “Shame on us accomplices Erdogan”

October 18, 2015 By administrator

In his editorial in Le Point on October 15, Franz-Olivier Giesbert pulls no punches about the alleged sponsors of the attack that killed 102 people in Ankara on 10 October. But also against the West and Laurent Fabius.

He writes (excerpt): “We other Westerners are not only cowards, ridiculous and pathetic. Taken hostage by the Turkish government, we also reach the acme of abjection by actively supporting the genocidal policy of Erdogan, who intends to book the Kurds treatment than previous claims of Young Turks party made subject the Armenians 1915: the almost complete eradication. “

Today, October 18, the Dogan news agency says dozens of arrests took place in jihadist circles in Istanbul. It would have taken a carnage that the Turkish government is interested more closely to the wound presiding murders in this country? In France we say “stitched in white thread.”

Armenian President Condemns Turkish Leaders as Accomplices of Young Turks

January 29, 2015 By administrator

A scene from Thursday’s meeting of Armenia’s State Committee for the Commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. Jan. 29, 2015. (Photo: official publication)

YEREVAN (ArmRadio)—A number of countries have already accepted Armenia’s invitation to attend the events commemorating the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia’s President Serzh Sarkisian said on Thursday during a meeting of the State Committee for the Commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.

Sarkisian said that some countries are going to send governmental delegations. Others will attend the events to be organized by local Armenian communities.

The Armenian President believes that the scale of the events and the number of those present are especially important now that Turkish President Recep Erdogan has appeared with a cynical and short-sighted invitation to attend the celebrations of the 100th year of the Turks’ victory in the Battle of Gallipoli.

“They say that in politics all means will do, but in this particular case Ankara has harmed its own self. Once I received that indecent invitation, I hurried to publicly respond to it so as to prevent any improper comments from international mass media. I think my response and the reaction of the Turkish society have proved that it was an injudicious initiative,” Sarkisian said.

He believes that Erdogan’s invitation was as unjustified as are all forms of denial. “Denial is not only a complex of political incompetence but also a legal category. It turns the present-day Turkish authorities into accomplices to the horrible crime committed by their predecessors,” the Armenian President said.

The President also pointed out that on Jan. 28, Turkey was denying the Genocide at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), when it tried to present the case of the criminal nationalist repeatedly convicted in Turkish courts, Dogu Perincek, as the Court’s legal view of the Armenian Genocide. Sarkisian said that Armenia is participating in the hearing as a third party. The Grand Chamber of the ECHR will decide whether the Swiss legislation on Genocide denial complies with the European Convention on Human Rights.

“This is an important verdict for us, because we are sure that Genocide denial is a possible signal for reoccurrence of such crimes. In the meantime, we do not think that the Perincek case is about legal recognition or denial of the Genocide. As people, who suffered from the Genocide, we have never applied to court because we don’t consider it to be an issue of the ECHR’s jurisdiction; however, Turkish propaganda will present it as its own victory in any case,” Sarkisian said. The President noted that the Turkish side did not even hesitate to release Perincek from prison or permit his departure so that he could be present at the ECHR’s session.

The two accomplices of the genocide Turkey & Germany deny Armenian Genocide

January 25, 2015 By administrator

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The government of Germany has declared that it is against labeling the mass massacres of Armenians that Turkey continues to deny as genocide as the Armenian genocide and is not planning any commemoration for the anniversary.

According to Armenia, up to 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians were killed starting from 1915. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll during the mass deportation of Ottoman Armenians has been inflated and that those killed in 1915 and 1916 were victims of general unrest during the World War I.

Upon a parliamentary question from Die Linke, which is the main opposition party in Germany, the German Foreign Ministry clarified its position regarding the 1915 events with a written statement. According to the four-point response, the question whether the events constituted genocide should be answered by historians and the issue should be solved between Turkey and Armenia.

The statement also stressed that the United Nations’ 1948 convention, which defines genocide, does not apply retroactively.

“We are informed about the initiatives planned by Armenian communities for the 100th anniversary of the 1915/1916 events. The German government currently has no action plan for commemorations at the moment,” the statement added.

Ulla Jelpke, a member of the Bundestag from Die Linke, said the German government’s stance was “unacceptable.” After claiming that the German and Ottoman Turkish governments of the time were “accomplices,” Jelpke said the current government in Berlin was “evading responsibility.”

On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman government signed the Deportation Law, which stipulated the forced migration of Ottoman Armenians.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recently rebuffed an invitation by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to attend ceremonies marking the centenary of the Battle of Gallipoli in Çanakkale on April 24, 2015.

In a landmark statement on the Armenian issue delivered on April 23, 2014, Erdoğan highlighted the “shared pain” endured during the 1915 events, expressing condolences on behalf of the Turkish state to the grandchildren of Armenians who lost their lives “in the context of the early 20th century.”

Then-Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, on the other hand, labeled the deportation as “wrong” and “inhumane” in December 2013.

But Turkey still denies that the mass massacres account for a genocide, a position which is relayed by the media that is bound to respect the official history line to avoid any sanctions, regardless historic facts and the personal opinions of editors.

Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rafael Harpaz announced early this month that the Tel Aviv government would not recognize the events as genocide.