{"id":14755,"date":"2009-09-16T19:48:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T17:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=14755"},"modified":"2023-04-05T10:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:34:35","slug":"didier-billion-armenian-diaspora-should-leave-living-in-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/09\/16\/didier-billion-armenian-diaspora-should-leave-living-in-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Didier Billion: “ARMENIAN DIASPORA SHOULD LEAVE LIVING IN THE PAST”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BILLION: ARMENIAN DIASPORA SHOULD LEAVE LIVING IN THE PAST
\nHISTORY OF TRUTH<\/td>\n		\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, 15 September 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deputy chairman of\u00a0the Paris based International and Strategical Relations Institute (Institut de\u00a0Relations Internationales et\u00a0Strat\u00e9giques -IRIS) Didier Billion said, \u201cI\u00a0hope Armenian diaspora does not prevent realization of\u00a0protocols.\u201d
\nDeputy chairman of\u00a0the Paris based Institut de\u00a0Relations Internationales et\u00a0Strat\u00e9giques, Didier Billion evaluated the process of\u00a0normalization between Turkey and Armenia. Billion observes Turkey and Turkish world closely and has two books and several articles about Turkey.
\nTurkey specialist Didier Billion stated that the protocols that are initialized with Armenia is\u00a0a\u00a0great opportunity. Billion stressed that Nagorno-Karabakh problem should not be\u00a0forgetten and that it\u00a0should be\u00a0resolved meantime. Billion stated that Armenian diaspora should stop growing hatred with using the pain in\u00a0the past and intead of\u00a0trying to\u00a0prevent the solution, it\u00a0should focus on\u00a0the future.
\nFrench expert stated that most of\u00a0diaspora Armenians are traditionally against rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia. He\u00a0said that diaspora Armenians demand recognition of\u00a0so\u00a0called Armenian genocide as\u00a0a\u00a0precondition for establishment of\u00a0good relations between two countries. Billion said, \u201cIn\u00a0my\u00a0opinion, that is\u00a0a\u00a0great mistake. Turkish and Armenian administrations were so\u00a0clever to\u00a0not to\u00a0propose any preconditions. They do\u00a0not hide anything. As\u00a0we\u00a0see in\u00a0the protocols, a\u00a0 sub-committee will be\u00a0established that include historians from Turkey, Armenia and third countries to\u00a0make researches on\u00a01915\u00a0events. That is\u00a0a\u00a0perfect method. I\u00a0hope Armenian diaspora does not prevent realization of\u00a0this protocols.\u201d
\nBillion said, \u201cEven we\u00a0do\u00a0not agree on\u00a0the term of\u00a0\u2019genocide\u2019, massacres and terrible events had happened. But i\u00a0believe that we\u00a0cannot live in\u00a0the past. We\u00a0should look to\u00a0future.\u201d
\nStating that there are politic circles in\u00a0Armenian diaspora who are interested to\u00a0use the pain in\u00a0the past, Billion said, \u201cThey do\u00a0all they can to\u00a0prevent Armenians to\u00a0learn about Turks.\u201d
\nNAGORNO-KARABAKH SHOULD BE\u00a0INCLUDED IN\u00a0THE PROCESS
\nStating that the process of\u00a0normalization of\u00a0relations between Turkey and Armenia should not be\u00a0independent of\u00a0Azerbaijan, Billion said, \u201cPrime Minister Erdogan had stated that they will not open borders unless Nagorno-Karabakh problem is\u00a0resolved. But we\u00a0see that there is\u00a0no\u00a0such thing in\u00a0protocols. There we\u00a0witness a\u00a0political struggle there. I\u00a0believe in\u00a0the dynamism of\u00a0Turkish diplomacy. With usage of\u00a0the dynamism that emerges with the efforts of\u00a0OSCE Minsk Group, Nagorno-Karabakh problem will be\u00a0brought to\u00a0the center of\u00a0discussions.\u201d
\nBillion stated that Turkey should be\u00a0one of\u00a0the co-chairs in\u00a0the OSCE Minsk Group with Russia, United States and France. \u201cNagorno-Karabakh conflict should not be\u00a0ignored because if\u00a0that problem remains nothing else could be\u00a0solved. Normalization of\u00a0relations, opening of\u00a0borders, unzipping Armenian diaspora and responding to\u00a0the demands of\u00a0Azerbaijan; those should be\u00a0solved all together.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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G\u00dcNL\u00dcK B\u00dcLTEN – DAILY BULLETIN<\/strong><\/span>
\nTAR\u0130H \/ DATE : 15.09.2009 – SAYI \/ ISSUE : 1<\/span>
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D\u0130ASPORA GE\u00c7M\u0130\u015eTEN KURTULMALI <\/strong>
\nZaman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Eyl\u00fcl 2009<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye uzman\u0131 Frans\u0131z siyaset bilimci Didier Billion, T\u00fcrkiye ile Ermenistan aras\u0131nda diplomatik ili\u015fkileri tesis edecek protokollere sert tepki g\u00f6steren diasporan\u0131n tutumunu ele\u015ftirdi. Billion, T\u00fcrkiye-Ermenistan yak\u0131nla\u015fmas\u0131na ba\u015f\u0131ndan beri itirazda bulunan Ermeni diasporas\u0131n\u0131, \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcm\u00fc engellemeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmak yerine gelece\u011fe bakmaya \u00e7a\u011f\u0131rd\u0131.<\/p>\n

Paris merkezli Uluslararas\u0131 ve Stratejik \u0130li\u015fkiler Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc’n\u00fcn (IRIS) Yard\u0131mc\u0131 Direkt\u00f6r\u00fc Didier Billion, Ermeni diasporas\u0131n\u0131n ge\u00e7mi\u015fin ac\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 kullanarak nefret yeti\u015ftirmeye son vermesi gerekti\u011fini s\u00f6yledi. Geleneksel olarak diasporan\u0131n T\u00fcrkiye ile yak\u0131nla\u015fma perspektifine kar\u015f\u0131 oldu\u011funu ve Ermeni soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 iddialar\u0131n\u0131n tan\u0131nmas\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6n ko\u015ful olarak istediklerini dile getiren Frans\u0131z uzman, bu yakla\u015f\u0131m\u0131 “\u00e7ok b\u00fcy\u00fck bir hata” olarak nitelendirdi. T\u00fcrkiye-Ermenistan ili\u015fkilerindeki normalle\u015fme s\u00fcrecini Cihan’a de\u011ferlendiren Billion, “T\u00fcrk ve Ermeni y\u00f6netimleri hi\u00e7bir \u00f6n ko\u015ful \u00f6ne s\u00fcrmeyerek \u00e7ok ak\u0131ll\u0131ca hareket etti. Hi\u00e7bir \u015fey saklam\u0131\u015f de\u011filler. Protokollerde g\u00f6r\u00fcyoruz ki tarih\u00ee incelemelerde bulunmak \u00fczere T\u00fcrk, Ermeni, \u0130svi\u00e7reli ve di\u011fer milletlerden uzmanlardan olu\u015fan bir alt komisyon kurulacak.” diye konu\u015ftu.<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye \u00fczerine iki kitab\u0131 ve \u00e7ok say\u0131da makalesi bulunan Billion, diaspora Ermenilerinin \u00e7ocukluklar\u0131ndan bu yana T\u00fcrk nefreti ile yeti\u015fti\u011finin alt\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7izerken, “Yaln\u0131zca ge\u00e7mi\u015fte ya\u015fanamayaca\u011f\u0131na da inan\u0131yorum. Gelece\u011fe bakmak gerek.” dedi. Billion, Ermeni diasporas\u0131 i\u00e7erisinde ac\u0131 ge\u00e7mi\u015fi kullanmaktan \u00e7\u0131karlar\u0131 olan siyas\u00ee gruplar oldu\u011funu belirterek, “Ermenilerin bug\u00fcn T\u00fcrkleri daha yak\u0131ndan tan\u0131mamalar\u0131 i\u00e7in ellerinden geleni yap\u0131yorlar.” ifadelerini kulland\u0131. T\u00fcrkiye ve Ermenistan’daki baz\u0131 kesimlerin m\u00fczakerelerin s\u00fcrmemesi i\u00e7in \u00e7al\u0131\u015faca\u011f\u0131 uyar\u0131s\u0131nda bulunurken s\u00fcrecin ak\u0131beti konusunda umutlu konu\u015ftu: “Bana g\u00f6re siyas\u00ee inisiyatif ba\u011fnaz milliyet\u00e7ili\u011fin a\u015f\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011flayabilir. ” \u015feklinde konu\u015ftu.<\/p>\n

Frans\u0131z siyaset bilimci, Kafkaslar’da kal\u0131c\u0131 bar\u0131\u015f i\u00e7in Azerbaycan-Ermenist an ihtilaf\u0131n\u0131n giderilmesi gerekti\u011finin de alt\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7izdi. Bu kapsamda, T\u00fcrkiye’nin Minsk grubunun e\u015fba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 s\u00fcrd\u00fcren Rusya, ABD ve Fransa ile birlikte Yukar\u0131 Karaba\u011f sorununun \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcm s\u00fcrecine dahil olmas\u0131 gerekti\u011fini s\u00f6yledi. Billion, “Yukar\u0131 Karaba\u011f sorunu unutulmamal\u0131 \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc o mesele halledilmezse hi\u00e7bir \u015fey \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fclmez. \u0130li\u015fkilerin normalle\u015fmesi, s\u0131n\u0131rlar\u0131n a\u00e7\u0131lmas\u0131, diasporan\u0131n direncinin k\u0131r\u0131lmas\u0131 ve Azerbaycan’\u0131n taleplerinin kar\u015f\u0131lanmas\u0131, hepsi bir arada \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fclmeli.” ifadelerini kulland\u0131. ZAMAN<\/p>\n

HAKKI \u00dcNAL STRASBOURG, C\u0130HAN<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BILLION: ARMENIAN DIASPORA SHOULD LEAVE LIVING IN THE PAST HISTORY OF TRUTH Tuesday, 15 September 2009 Deputy chairman of\u00a0the Paris based International and Strategical Relations Institute (Institut de\u00a0Relations Internationales et\u00a0Strat\u00e9giques -IRIS) Didier Billion said, \u201cI\u00a0hope Armenian diaspora does not prevent realization of\u00a0protocols.\u201d Deputy chairman of\u00a0the Paris based Institut de\u00a0Relations Internationales et\u00a0Strat\u00e9giques, Didier Billion evaluated the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":26515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armenian-question"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}