Baykal: We Expect The Government To Launch An Initiative In The Parliament This Week On The Armenian Problem

''UNFORTUNATE AND SAD INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE IN BOTH SIDES. YET DESCRIBING SUCH INCIDENTS AS ''GENOCIDE'' IS A BIG LIE THAT WOULD DE

ANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal has stated today (Tuesday) that CHP expects the Turkish government to launch an initiative in the parliament this week on the Armenian allegations.
''Unfortunate and sad incidents took place in both sides. Yet describing such incidents as 'genocide' is a big lie that would deeply hurt our nation and its friends. Claiming that a 'genocide' took place is an unjust allegation and must get the appropriate legal, political, cultural and social response,'' stressed Baykal.
Baykal indicated that a planned move to exterminate a single ethnic group during the Ottoman era never took place. ''Just look at the Ottoman archives. During the period when Armenians claim that a 'genocide' took place, historians note that there were Armenian ambassadors, bureaucrats and advisors to the Ottoman Sultan. The fact is that a portion of the Armenians got re-located due to the ongoing war against Russia during which some died due to famine, poverty, hunger and poor health conditions. Armenian bandits allied with the Russians massacred hundreds of innocent Muslim Ottomans in eastern Anatolia. There was a re-location due to war but absolutely no genocide. If we want to talk about 'genocides' how about elaborating on the transfer of thousands of Tatars from Crimea to Siberia during World War II...?