VAN - Federation of Associations of Victims who suffered from massacre of Armenian gangs (in eastern cities of Van, Igdir, Bitlis, Mus and Agri) sent letters to embassies in Turkey, on Tuesday.
Federation Chairman Ikram Kali said in a written statement, ''Armenian committees which organized Armenian gangs and pursued activities against Ottoman Empire were closed down and 2345 administrators of those committees were arrested on April 24, 1915.''
''However European and U.S. parliaments, as well as various groups, are still trying to bring Armenian genocide allegations onto the international agenda. Thus, we have sent letters to embassies in Turkey to be conveyed to their leaders,'' added Kali.
Referring to the letter, Kali said, ''every year, within the framework of planned provocations, forging accusations towards Turkey have become a tradition. Fundamentalist terrorist groups destroyed lands of an empire which settled peace in these lands throughout 600 years. As these groups cooperated with external forces in war milieu, authorized organs of state removed these groups from war area as a security measure. Settlements in 1918 and diplomatic records about Armenian population in Turkey exist in foreign ministry and military archives of Turkey and in various other countries. Unfortunately however, parliaments of several countries, by violating all democratic principles, launch initiatives to adopt resolutions on the so-called Armenian genocide.''
Kali said that they wanted the whole world to act with common sense to settle world peace and not to live past sufferings again.