Один из министров Турции примет участие в поминальной службе в армянской церкви в Стамбуле

Министр Волкан Бозкыр будет представлять правительство Турции на панихиде, которая пройдет сегодня в церкви Сурб Аствацацин в стамбульском районе Кумкап в день, когда армяне всего мира отмечают 100-летие массовых убийств и принудительной депортации из Анатолии во время Первой Мировой Войны.

Турецкая газета Дэйли Сабах пишет: «Хотя это и может показаться простой панихидой для тех, кто не знаком с историей, но для турков и для армян это намного больше чем просто панихида". Газета добавляет:

"Столетию убийств во время насильственной депортации предшествовал ежегодной призыв армянской диаспоры в Турции признать эти события как геноцид, термин, который турецкое правительство официально отрицает. Тем не менее, в отличие от предыдущих администраций, правительственная Партия справедливости и развития (ПСР) приняло мягкую риторику в ответ на эти призывы. Правительство по-прежнему возражает против определения этих событий как геноцид, как и то, как армяне погибли, сколько их погибло. Турция заявляет, что вопрос политизирован и неоднократно призывала принять научный подход, призывая историков пересмотреть вопрос, предлагая для исследований османские архивы.

Тем не менее, за последние два года турецкое правительство пыталось дотянуться до армян, предлагая свои сочувствия к их потерь 100 лет назад. В прошлом году премьер-министр на тот момент, а ныне президент Турции Реджеп Тайип Эрдоган выразил соболезнования внукам османских армян, погибших в событиях 1915 года. В этом году его преемник премьер-министр Турции Ахмет Давутоглу вновь выразил соболезнования, и неожиданно, объявил, что Турция почтит память умерших армян на церемонии в армянской патриархии в Константинополе.

"Как потомки народов с различными этническими и религиозными происхождениями, которые пережили эти страдания в условиях Первой мировой войны, мы понимаем, что чувствуют армяне. Мы помним погибших невинных османских армян и выражаем наши глубокие соболезнования их потомкам. Это является одновременно историческим и гуманным долгом Турции помнить османских армян и армянское культурное наследие", сказал Давутоглу в своем послании.

Он также подчеркнул, насколько значимым было бы "если Турция и Армения смогли бы почтить память османских армян вместе, что принесло бы пользу обеим странам."

В интервью газете Hürriyet, архиепископ Арам Атесян, патриарх Армянской Православной Церкви, выразил свою радость по поводу заявлений Давутоглу и участия государственного министра в поминальной службе, что означает, что "нашу боль разделяют."

Источник: commonspace.eu по материалам Daily Sabah

 

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