Keeping up with its Armenian Genocide denial policy, official Ankara has developed a new tactical tool – distortion of the fact of the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commenting on the Turkish officials’ statements on the threshold of April 24, senior fellow at the RA NAS Oriental Studies Institute, turkologist Anush Hovhannisyan said, “The Armenian Genocide is certainly discussed by the Turkish citizens. Moreover, each family in Turkey has memories which often don’t coincide with the Turkish government’s stance on the Armenian Genocide.”
“This fact troubles the Turkish authorities, who try to control all kinds of discussions, spreading its genocide denial policy not only abroad but throughout their own country as well,” she said.
