WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—On March 26, students in Watertown High School’s Armenian-language class drafted a “Letter to the Editor” to the Boston Globe in response to another letter published by the paper on March 20. Authored by Omur Budak, the consul general of Turkey in Boston, the letter, titled “Myopic View of Complex Episode Hurts Turkish-Armenian Relations,” was written in response to best-selling novelist Chris Bohjalian’s op-ed in the paper, titled “Why Does Turkey Continue to Deny Armenian Genocide?” published on March 9.
In his letter, Budak harshly criticized Bohjalian, arguing that his view of history was “myopic” and “problematic.”
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Dear Editor of The Boston Globe,
Find the back bone to do the right thing by publishing the students letter. If The Globe is willing to get into this topic, then go all the way and don’t stop the dialogue half way.
Just like the Nazis were responsible for the Holocaust the Turkish Government is responsible for the Armenian Genocide and both are tragic,heartbreaking and historical fact.
How the Turkish people could turn a blind eye to a horrific event like the Armenian Genocide is beyond understanding !
So ehow it doesn’t surprise me that the Globe doesn’t have the backbone to print WHS’s Armenian class letter. The Globe today is not the Globe of thirty years ago.
Get after the Editor, cancel your subscription, do everything you can to boycott that rag in Watertown at least. Show them who is boss!