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GENOCIDE,
GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE
Hatem
CABBARLI
Zori Balayan,
who is known by his chauvinist point of view and ambassador
of Great Armenia ideology, blamed Turks with incredible things
in his book “Ocag”. He stated that Turks made genocide against
Armenians and Armenians would never forget that, also, called
all Armenians for revenge.
Balayan,
also, mentions about a sort of Armenian sickness: Sickness
that is seen in victims of genocide… the psychological status
of downtrodden and mistreated Armenians. This is an infectious
disease and only valid for Armenians. In the Soviet Union
era sickness completed its hidden period and after independency
it spread out rapidly among Armenians. Armenians say that
the treatment of this sickness can only be possible after
the revenge of events on 1915, having Kars, Iđdýr, Erzurum,
Sivas and Trabzon within Armenia territories and Armenian
flag on top of Mountain Ararat, also, it is necessary to do
everything to make this treatment.
To achieve
this aim they wrote a prescription in which they stated, “gaining
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated”
in the 11th term of Declaration of Independence. Although
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first President of Armenia (1991-1998),
didn’t apply this prescription that much, however, Robert
Kocharian personally interested in this subject as soon as
he was in power and has been making effort both in domestic
and foreign policy for treatment of this “Armenian sickness”.
By
the support of Armenian government National Academy of Sciences
of Armenia and World Armenian Organization making effort on
preparing “Evidence File” regarding so-called Armenian genocide
for gaining international recognition. For this purpose World
Armenian Organization summon a conference at the hall of National
Academy of Sciences of Armenia on the date of May 6 – 7, 2004
named “Factor of Genocide in the issue of normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations”.
There
are no political party, non-governmental organization or academician
in Armenia that has courage to deny “genocide”. Otherwise,
it is impossible for him to be active within territories of
Armenia. The leader of the National Democratic Union of Armenia,
Vazgen Manukyan, commented on the relations between Turkey
and Armenia to ÝA REGNUM News Agency. Manukyan blamed Turkey
with “genocide”, demanded about opening the borders, also,
highlighted the importance of propaganda activities regarding
international recognition of Armenian genocide. Andranic Migranyan,
a well-known Armenian historian, shares the same point of
view with him. In the press conference on May 8, 2004 he notified
that he didn’t approve the statements of President Robert
Kocharian regarding so-called Armenian genocide, which was
“For us the recognition of the genocide is important. The
demands of land and indemnity are claims of Diaspora not Armenian
state.” He particularly emphasized on not to withdraw the
claim of recognition of “genocide” by Turkey and the propaganda
of “genocide” by Armenian government even if diplomatic relations
were established between two states, the border gates were
opened and the economic relations improved.
In
a period that Armenian government speeds up the work about recognition
of so-called genocide, some political and economic circles in
Turkey supports the opening of border gates and stressing that
such a case would be a pretext for the normalization of relations
between two countries. These circles do not take the opponent
policy of Armenia towards Turkey into consideration and forget
disclaim of Armenia regarding Turkish territorial integrity,
demands about recognition of so-called genocide by Turkey, also,
land and indemnity demands. |
