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Conference on so-called Genocide to Be Held in Ankara on April 24

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ANKARA, Turkey—On April 24-25, a symposium on the Armenian Genocide, titled “1915 within its pre and post-historical periods: Denial and Confrontation,” will be held in Ankara. Organized by the Ankara Freedom to Thought Initiative (AFTI), the symposium will not only address the history, but explore issues like the confiscation of Armenian property and reparations.

Confirmed participants include Ragip Zarakolu (publisher), Recep Marasli (author of The Armenian National Democratic Movement and 1915 Genocide), Sait Cetinoglu (activist and writer), Dr. David Gaunt (genocide scholar, author of Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I), Dr. Henry Theriault (professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University), and Khatchig Mouradian (Doctoral student in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University; editor, the Armenian Weekly).

Dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink, the symposium will comprise of four sessions: a) the Armenian Genocide from a historical perspective, b) official ideological denial from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) to Kemalism, c) Turkification of the Economy and the issue of the confiscated Armenian Property, and d) what needs to be done and how?

Asbarez will provide in depth coverage of the conference.

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It is unbelievable that ARF makes provocation until Ankara. Armenian Weekly is the newspaper of ARF in eastern part of USA; they published calls to murder against archibishop Levon Tourian in 1933, during the months preceding his assassination by 7 Dashnaks, in his proper church; Armenian Weekly published Naziesque articles from 1933 to 1943; Armenian Weekly supported passionately Armenian terrorism of 1970’s and 1980’s, with a openly racist perspective (against the “Turkish Mongol” race), calling even “a success” the assassination of Ahmet Benler, the 27-years-old son of Turkish ambassador in The Heague.

They are killing Hrant Dink a second time. He was rather stupid and ignorant, but he had fair ideas.

Will be somebody to this conference to say the truth to this Dashnak and to the rascal who will be with him on the tribune?

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If this is design to open discussion about validity of Armenian claims,I understand. Otherwise Symposium ought include the following:
e) Armenian aggression to Azerbaijan
f) Confiscated of non Armenian properties in Armenia
g) Role and participation of Armenian people in PKK activities
Armagan


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2 responses to “Conference on so-called Genocide to Be Held in Ankara on April 24”

  1. Huseyin Celik Avatar
    Huseyin Celik

    Armenians always did what was best for them. They joined the Hitler army, Gathered jews in Hungary for concenteration camps, They wanted to have a corner in genocide museum, Killed so many innocent men because they were Turkish diplomats; they were bloodthirsty murderers in Azebaican Karabag region, For their own purpose they killed their own archibishop; ( a few of them) still they play that they were the only ones sufferd duiring the WWI in Turkish hands. A simple question is ” Turks lived with them 700 years side by side without any incident. An Turks suddenly decided to get rid of them. It is absurd .
    They should sitdown and put their heads togather and say, “””What they have done to bring this desaster to both Turks and Armenians. “”.. The problem is, sometimes those whose going to be on the other side of the table did not have the right credensial . wish them well. Hope they understand each other a little bit better..

  2. D. Karsan Avatar
    D. Karsan

    Everything about this April 24-25 symposium is wrong, starting with its name.
    AFTI are clearly stating that this meeting is about the “Armenian Genocide” . What happened is not accepted to be a “Genocide” by most historians and impartial persons of knowledge.
    AFTI are talking about “Denial and Confrontation”. What is being done is not a denial and it is not a cofrontation but a search for the truth. A symposium that starts with such prejudgements and cliche’ cannot be a syposium but only an instrument of Armenian Genocide Industries’ propaganda.
    What is needed is to sit together and discuss with clear, cool and unperjudiced minds “What has happened?”, “Why did it happen?” , “How did it happen?” and “Who did what?” . When we ask these questions in a scientific way and search for their answers objectively, only than will we be able to arrive at the truth that will be acceptable and beneficial to all concerned. Such propganda conferences do create goodwill. They only create further conflict and emnity among people involved.

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