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Prime Minister of Turkey: Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events

Prime Minister of Turkey: Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events

7 September 2012

"Ankara stands for the opening of archives for investigation of the 1915 events," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said speaking at an international conference titled 'Arab Spring and Peace in the New Middle East: Muslim and Christian Perspectives' in Istanbul, TRT Haber TV channel reports.

Turkey as a state, is always ready to accept its history, Erdogan said.

Genocide of Armenians has been recognized by 44 United States as well as by 21 countries, including Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay, Russia, Belgium, France, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Vatican, Sweden, Lithuania.. The European Parliament
passed a resolution recognizing the fact of Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey on June 18 1987 and demanded the Council of Europe to exert pressure on Turkey in order that country recognizes the Armenian Genocide.  Turkey still denies the genocide of 1,5 million Armenians in 1915-1923.

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