ESKISEHIR - Nedim Unal, spokesman of the Armenian Issue Platform in Eskisehir province in central Anatolia, said on Thursday that they had formed a committee to do research on so-called Armenian genocide allegations.
Members of the platform under the chairmanship of Unal visited Eskisehir Governor Sami Sonmez.
Stating that he had initiated a series of studies on so-called Armenian genocide allegations, Unal said that they would prepare a report after translating articles of several academicians and several foreign press organs about the issue into Turkish.
Unal said that they had found some important information during their research on genocide allegations and stated, ''we have formed a committee to do a detailed research on so-called Armenian genocide allegations. We have found important information that it was the Armenians who committed genocide against Turks. Armenians who were forced to migrate during the Ottoman era raided villages and killed Turkish people. We understand this from the remains of bodies which were recovered from cemeteries in that region. However, we could not explain it in international platforms.''
Meanwhile, Governor Sonmez said that external powers which did not want Turkey to get stronger, brought such baseless allegations onto the agenda and added, ''they are trying to prevent Turkey's growth. I support your initiatives and efforts to explain the realities of the issue.''
(EÖ-AÖ) 04.04.2003