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Yusuf Halacoglu: Erdogan should demand 19 countries to ground their recognition of â€˜Armenian genocideâ€™

02 April 2007 16:29 (UTC +04:00)

The Prime Minister should note if these countries can not give proofs, we will break all relations with them,â€ chief of Turkish Historical Society, Professor Yusuf Halacoglu told the APAâ€™s Turkey bureau.
â€œI am sure that none of these countries will be able to reply to us within a month. Then the Prime Minister should hold press conference and clarify Turkeyâ€™s relations with these countries,â€ he said.
The professor suspects that some documents in Armenian archives have disappeared.
â€œWe will soon find out whether our doubts are groundless or not. Foreign scientists want to investigate mass graveyards in Turkey, and the government has already given positive answer. Such a mass graveyard will be opened in Hatay on April 24. Unlike Armenians, we announced that our archives are open. Turkey is ready to pay for opening dashnak (Armenian) archives in Boston,â€ he said.
Chief of Turkish Historical Society also spoke of the necessity of united struggle against claims on â€˜Armenians genocideâ€™.
â€œArmenia does not recognize Turkeyâ€™s borders regulated by Kars treaty of 1921. Why does Armenia demand opening of the neighboring countryâ€™s borders which it does not recognize? Border is the main means to exert pressure on Armenia â€“ when 20% of Azerbaijani territories are under occupation. No government in Turkey can bring the issue on opening of borders with Armenia,â€ he stressed. /APA/