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2004-12-15 Europe

Turkey won't apologize for Armenian Genocide

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)
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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 2004-12-15 3:50:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Murat wors for the Turkish government. Whoda thunk?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-12-15 4:20:34 PM|| 2004-12-15 4:20:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-12-15 6:31:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-12-15 6:44:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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