Prof. Feigle: It Is A Standard Lie To Claim Ottomans Killed 1,5 Million Armenians

ISTANBUL - Prof. Erich Feigle of Austria said, ''it is a standard lie to claim that Ottomans killed 1,5 million innocent (Armenian) women and children.''
Speaking at a panel discussion on ''Historical Realities in Turkish-Armenian Relations'' held in Istanbul Technical University on Monday, Prof. Feigle said, ''people are misled with imaginary incidents and wrong numbers. It is a standard lie to claim that Ottomans killed 1,5 million innocent women and children. 1,700,000 Armenians were living in Ottoman Empire in 1912 and this means that 4.4 percent of population in Ottoman-ruled territories were Armenians.''
''Armenian national delegation chairman wrote a letter to Armenians and said 700,000 Armenians had been exiled and he did not mention genocide in that letter. Also in a letter to French Foreign Minister, the chairman said Armenians were one of the leading communities from the beginning of the war,'' said Prof. Feigle.
''This is the most important document we have. Armenians hide documents which are against them. They pursue physical and psychological war. This war is a camouflage. They occupied one-fifth of lands of Azerbaijan under this camouflage. They killed 20,000 civilians,'' added Prof. Feigle.
''It seems that Turkey can't do anything against this psychological war. I request Turks to trust themselves. Turkey shall not start a discussion on 'genocide'. If it such a discussion starts, Armenians firstly want compensation and then land from Turkey. Their propaganda aims to divide Turkey,'' noted Prof. Feigle.