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When Erdogan Apologizes

On April 24, 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had Armenians on his mind. He railed and cajoled, and spared no form of communication—a speech, a letter and a barrage of tweets—to stay afloat on a day that threatened to drown his count

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Nanore Barsoumian

Nanore Barsoumian is the Investigations Editor at The Armenian Weekly and a Boston-based writer and researcher. She is also a research fellow at New York University’s Global Institute for Advanced Studies, where she works on the Armenian Genocide Denial project, focusing on denial at the United Nations. She previously served as editor of The Armenian Weekly (2014–2016) and assistant editor (2010–2014), reporting from Armenia, Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, Javakhk and Turkey. Her writing covers politics, books and human rights, and her scholarly work examines genocide memorialization and denial. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and English and a master’s degree in conflict resolution. Her research appears in After the Ottomans: Genocide’s Long Shadow and Armenian Resilience (I.B. Tauris, 2023). She is currently working on her debut novel exploring themes of belonging and self-invention. Find her on social media or at www.nanorebarsoumian.com.

13 Comments

  1. Turkey would still remain a mortal threat to Armenia because of Turkey’s and NATO’s expansionist and pan-Turkist policies toward the east.

    1. Not anymore! The Russians are there, with speed of S 400 missiles! Looks like big wild Turkey got out of control. Old wings are not flapping properly!

  2. Turkish government can never admit wrong doing because Armenian survivors from around the world would make financial reparation claims that Turkey could never repay.

    MY solution would be for Turkey to open it’s borders along Armenia and allow Armenian goods to flow into Turkey duty free for 125 years.

    This would help Armenia to further develop it’s export economy would should allow a higher level of prosperity to develop in our country.

    1. Great writing, Nanore.
      After reading Erdogan’s statement, I have to wonder if Armenia’s isolation is a form of punishment or a blessing?

    2. Though it would be good for world peace and the region if Turkey and Armenia can come to an understanding, and your proposal is actually feasible, there is little room for Turkey to maneuver unless Armenia and Azerbaijan can fix their problems. Because without a settlement between them, Turkey can not alienate Azerbaijan and develop relations with Armenia. Azerbaijan is just too important a partner.

  3. So well written, your “When Erdogan Apologizes”. Hopefully this will be passed on to all Armenians to read. Unfortunately the wrong person is in power and it is doubtful he will ever apologize. Hopefully I will be alive to see this apology take place and for the Armenian and Turkish peoples live together peacefully forever.

  4. I read, read again and again. A formidable piece of work.
    Nanore’s article is incredibly piercing, fact filled and a call to never forget and continue the pursuit of justice; recognition and reparations.
    Nanore’s article is one of the best articles about the crimes and atrocities committed by the Turks, the incessant campaign of denial, distorting the undeniable facts and dishonest attempts to revise history.
    The sad reality is that Erdogan will never change and will never apologize.
    But the Armenian nation should stand united and firmly until the Armenian Genocide is recognized by all the nations of the world.
    The day will come.
    Vart Adjemian

  5. You have to be living in space if you think Turkey will ever appologize. For me and millions like me Talat, Enver and Cemal are patriots

    1. It is quite clear you are the one who has been living in space all her life. Did you know what happened to those three Turkish devils you call patriots? They are rotting in hell and sent there by our Armenian patriots. A handful of Armenian patriots put an end to the dreams of these coward Turkish monsters and effectively ended the Ottoman empire. Your genocidal patriots got a big dose and a bitter taste of their own medicine. The irony was the fact that they were responsible for murdering millions to invent an empire on other people’s lands but they themselves were assassinated and died like stray dogs on foreign soil. Ah, what a beautiful ending to your blood-thirsty patriots.

  6. Genocidal Turkey’s terrorist-in-chief and islamo-fascist mullah Erdogan is a double-talking charlatan and a snake oil salesman. He showed his true ugly Turkish face by referring to murdered Armenian men, women and children as “Armenian gangs”. Only a scoundrel with no remorse can make such hateful racist statements. Don’t expect anything from this criminal.

    Here are two famous quotes from this Turkish wolf in sheep’s clothing:
    1. Democracy is like a train: when you reach your destination, you get off.
    2. The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers.

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