{"id":32794,"date":"2011-04-26T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T08:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=32794"},"modified":"2014-01-06T01:22:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T23:22:40","slug":"turkish-authorities-manipulate-people-turkey-shares-armenians-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/04\/26\/turkish-authorities-manipulate-people-turkey-shares-armenians-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Turkish Authorities Manipulate People\u2019: Turkey Shares Armenians\u2019 Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32796\" title=\"armenians-istanbul\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/armenians-istanbul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"200\" \/>Turkish authorities have to recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915, they have to accept their crime, so that the Armenians\u2019 pain can be a little lessened. This is the opinion of Istanbul Armenian Sasun Estukyan, who, along with a few hundred others, participated in the Armenian Genocide memorial organized in Istanbul\u2019s Taksim Square on Apr. 24. Recall, similar events were organized in other Turkish cities: Anakara, Diyarbakir, Bodrum.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to an Epress.am correspondent in Istanbul, Sasun said recognition of the Armenian Genocide is extremely important. \u201cIt\u2019s important only in one sense: our pain will be lessened. And not only recognition, but also they have to apologize; they have to say we were wrong, forgive us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another participant in Sunday\u2019s memorial, Turkish student Esla Elmas said Turkey\u2019s recognition of the genocide is important for the two nations, so that they may peacefully co-exist in this region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share the Armenians\u2019 pain; each person has to realize that without sharing the pain, the grief, the two nations cannot live together \u2014 these same peoples who lived together in a geographical area for centuries. Let\u2019s forget the authorities: they often manipulate people, and ordinary people commit murders, as happened in 1915. We are not murderers and we\u2019re not those old Turks, and we must show this by sharing the Armenians\u2019 pain,\u201d said Elmas.<\/p>\n<p>Bekir Avjyn of Kurdish origin also participating in the Apr. 24 memorial gathering said he\u2019s participating for one reason: so that he doesn\u2019t think like Turkish nationalists and he doesn\u2019t perceive the events as they do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, you can\u2019t bring back history, but for humanity and democracy it\u2019s necessary for Turkish authorities to recognize the Genocide. We cannot forgive and forget even the death of one person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Epress \u2013 Originial Article<\/p>\n<p>via \u2018Turkish Authorities Manipulate People\u2019: Turkey Shares Armenians\u2019 Pain\u00a0|\u00a0HyeMedia | Armenian News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish authorities have to recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915, they have to accept their crime, so that the Armenians\u2019 pain can be a little lessened. This is the opinion of Istanbul Armenian Sasun Estukyan, who, along with a few hundred others, participated in the Armenian Genocide memorial organized in Istanbul\u2019s Taksim Square on Apr. 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