Interviews
Papazian Speaks Out on Armenian Genocide Recognition
The following interview was sent by Dr. Dennis Papazian to the Armenian American press earlier this month.
Question: When he was a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to reaffirm American acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide if elected. Do you think he will do so now that he is president?
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This is the year for Armenians to let go of their hatred towards Turks as the rest of the world is working towards peace. Let the countries of Armenia and Turkey to normalize with time their ties and policies. It should not be in the hands of the diaspora or lobbies to interfere. When will you get it?
The most reputable historian, Mr. Bernard Lewis, says that there was no genozide. This alone would be enough to call for a commission of historians to find out the truth, but unfortunately Armenia itself is not willing and does not open its archives. They will know why.
This is the year for the deniers of GENOCIDES to look deep into their hearts and soul and with clear mind they should try to see objectively that what the Ottoman Turks inflicted upon the Armenian People, it constitutes a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. The world can live in peace only and only if the citizens of each and every country learn from the past and take the necessary steps to avoid that such crimes do not take place during their life time.
Today, the same Turkish government which refuses to recognize the Armenian Genocide, this same Turkish government is doing all it can to protect the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, when it is well known that his regime is committing genocide by unleashing militias on ethnic Africans in the Darfur region.
The aggrieved will continue to speak eloquently about historic injustices and legitimate demands, no matter how many times the apologists and descendants of the perpetrators try to twist things around, suggesting that the aggrieved and deported are nothing more than “hateful” people.
Dear Reader 1:
Actually, it is time for Turkey to let go of the property and territory it stole from Armenians and Assyrians.
I have some Armenian ancestry and it is sad to see that Armenia and Turkey still don’t get along. I was talking to my great uncle and he told me that his parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1906 from Turkey. He said the Turkish people helped the Armenians, many hid them. Turkey lost a lot of people in WWI. Armenia has committed crimes against humanities such as the Kholojay Massacre against the Azeri’s. The U.S. has a long history of genocides and crimes against humanity, slavery, racism which is still a big problem, Native American extermination, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese internment. The important thing for Turkey and Armenia to recognize is that genocides and massacres are wrong, history has many examples of it, and every nation has done horrible things. Armenia should restore relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Politics seem to ruin everything. Both nations should make an effort for peace.