WORD «ARMENIAN» HAS IMPORTANT ROLE IN TURKISH IDENTITY

Even if today the Turkish authorties recognize they have made mistakes toward Armenians, it will shake the whole world, stated Editor-in-Chief of the Agos Turkish journal Hrant Dink, when commenting on the holding of Ottoman Armenians in Period of Collapse of the Empire: questions of scientific policy and democracy conference in Istanbul, reported the Yerkir newspaper. Answering a question why Turkey flatly denies the Armenian Genocide, Dink noted, “The word “Armenian” plays an important role in the structure of the Turkish identity. Each misfortune, event the Kurdish problem, is connected with that word. It came to them calling Abdullah Ocalan an Armenian,” Dink stated. He also noted that the Turkish authorities are concerned over another issue – where the property of Armenian has gone.