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Turkeyâ€™s National Security Council official: We do have evidence against Armeniansâ€™ claims

16 March 2007 09:05 (UTC +04:00)

He stressed that the Ottomanâ€™s appeal to neutral countries has been found from the archives and made public.
â€œAt the same time another document that I found from English archives proves that England was against the establishment of a commission composed of these five countries to investigate groundless genocide claims. Now I ask these states â€œWhy did not you reply the request of the Ottoman empire? The realities of that period are quite different. I was born in Gazientep, the French dressed Armenian soldiers their uniforms and made them attack on Turkish soldiers during the World War. Our family was also subject to genocide committed by Armenian soldiers in French uniform. I call for Armenians to give up their malice. Every nation should posses its own culture and traditions. Ethnic identity cannot be preserved though maliceâ€? Mr.Demirok underlined.
Gursel Demirok said that the Armenian lobby in the west tries to oppress Turkey.
â€œOur archives are open to Armenians. We call them to come and investigate them. But they refuse to see and hear the truth. We do have evidence against their claims. A lot of evidences prove who is murderer. I have found some documents in the archived of the German empire that appraise the governors of the Ottoman Empire â€“Enver Pasha, Telet Pasha, Midhet Pasha. Armenians committed genocide in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly, in 1992. They cast aspersions on other countries to cover up their crimes,â€? he concluded. /APA/