past people life mixed with today's politricks

And the most important part of this article for me is the following:

"PM Erdogan had suggested to the Armenian PM Kocharian the setting up of a joint commission of Armenian and Turkish historians, stating that Turkish archives were open to all scientists for detailed researches. However, his Armenian counterpart did not respond to the proposals.

The fate of the Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during WW1 and after is still a sensitive issue in Turkey. Armenians claim that 1.5 million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed as part of an intentional and systematic campaign of genocide during World War I.

Turkey denies the allegations claiming that 200,000 Armenians died during forced migrations due to cold weather and poor transportation conditions."


Sorry for the "spoiler" !

However I gotta represent a Turkish individual's side: I think that neither side of the argument satisfies the conditions of the day. However, it is a welcomed process that can come after the big step of the opening of the archives by the Turkish government. I hope both countries citizens can take advantage of that and this destruction could end in favor of all who suffered throughout all these years - none other than Armenians and Turks themselves. I

Is it so hard to imagine the conditions that took place at the beginning of WWI in Eastern Provinces of the crumbling Ottoman Empire? It was the destruction of an "empire" of 500 PLUS years. ! If you think about the United States being an empire for only the last 50 years, it may help.

I am so blessed to have had the chance and honor to reason and talk about the past with a survivor of the "forged Armenian deportation " - i do not know a word to describe the Armenian-Russian-Turkish dealings around 1915, so excuse me, no intention to offend anybody - She was an old lady at my college who worked as the secretary of the History department. There was an instant connection and she was able to tell me about how a Turkish man came to her family's house and everybody in the village gathered in the 'meydan' (village center) and gathered everyone's house keys and the people who herd them would not even allow them to stop on the way for water from the river and they had to walk all the way to Syria - where they began a new life and worked at a factory for a loaf of bread a day.

That was a few sentences here; she told it to me in half an hour; and that is a life !

Everything balance .


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http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060702&hn=34448

Polish Parliament Chairman due in Turkey Next Week By Cihan News Agency Published: Sunday, July 02, 2006 zaman.com Marek Jurek, the chairman of Polish Parliament's lower house, is due in Ankara next week as part of an official visit to Turkey. This will be the first official visit to Ankara of the Speaker of Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament, after the relations between Turkey and Poland worsened after the Polish Sejm adopted a resolution on the so-called Armenian Genocide on April 16, 2005. Turkish Parliament Speaker Arinç had, therefore cancelled his scheduled visit to Poland. Jurek is expected to voice support to Ankara's position on the allegations of Armenian genocide. In April of this year, the former Polish FM Stefan Meller visited Ankara and supported the Turkish thesis, which says the historians should examine the claims, not politicians. PM Erdogan had suggested to the Armenian PM Kocharian the setting up of a joint commission of Armenian and Turkish historians, stating that Turkish archives were open to all scientists for detailed researches. However, his Armenian counterpart did not respond to the proposals. The fate of the Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during WW1 and after is still a sensitive issue in Turkey. Armenians claim that 1.5 million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed as part of an intentional and systematic campaign of genocide during World War I. Turkey denies the allegations claiming that 200,000 Armenians died during forced migrations due to cold weather and poor transportation conditions.