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Europe
Turks And Armenians To Discuss So-called Genocide Claims
2004-07-20
Turks and Armenians exchanged documents in Austrian capital Vienna to discuss the so-called genocide allegations, sources said on Tuesday. Sources told A.A correspondent that Turkish and Armenian authorities met in Vienna on July 16th under chairmanship of Prof. Bihl of Vienna Armenian Turkish Platform (VAT) and presented 100 documents to each other. Turkish delegation headed by Yusuf Halacoglu, the Chairman of Turkish History Agency (TTK) gave 100 documents collected from several archives and disproving the claims that Turks carried out a genocide against the Armenians.
"Did not!"
On the other hand, Armenian delegation handed over 199 documents to Turkish delegations regarding their own claims.
"Did so!"
Turkish and Armenian authorities will examine these documents till the end of December 2004, and if necessary, they can present 80 more documents to each other till May 2005. Turkish and Armenian officials will meet again in 2005 and discuss so-called genocide allegations in the light of these exchanged documents
After which they'll each write more documents.
Posted by:Steve

#3  I wasn't aware that there were ANY questions about the validity of the Armenian Genocide. Geeze, what's next: Germans and Jews to Discuss So-Called Holocaust Claims.

Hummm, that COULD be a New York Times headline....
Posted by: Secret Master   2004-07-20 2:51:05 PM  

#2  This may seem silly but it does represent progress.

Turkish press now say 'so-called genocide' but 5 years ago they would have said, 'false claims of genocide' or else iced the topic altogether.

Turkey has a long way to go yet in coming to grips with the anti Armenian genocide (or as progressive Turks call it 'massacre') but the sooner they confront this demon the better.
Posted by: mhw   2004-07-20 2:07:55 PM  

#1  "handed over 199 documents"

Linguistic mind-warp here. Kept on seeing this as meaning "gave more than 199 documents" and was gonna comment on the silliness of the sentence.
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2004-07-20 11:20:44 AM  

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