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GUL INVITES HISTORIANS TO STUDY 1915 EVENTS

History of Truth 8 October 2009 Speaking in an interview with Agence France Presse, or AFP on Tuesday, Turkish President Abdullah Gul urged foreign historians to join a commission to study the killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.

There are all sorts of allegations about what happened a century ago. It is clear that people do not know what happened and are not able to make decisions on this matter, he said.

What we hope is that historians and archive specialists study the matter, and we are ready to accept the conclusions of the commission. To show that we are sincere, we even said that if a third country is interested, if French historians, for example, want to take part in this commission, they are welcome, he added on the eve of a visit to France.

Gul underlined that addressing historical grievances was one of the most important steps to overcome decades of enmity between Turkey and Armenia. If we keep on living the present with the problems of the past, we will only poison the future, he said, appealing for a balanced representation of history.
You must not forget that we also suffered a lot in the four corners of the world, in the Balkans, in the Caucasus. Millions of people had to migrate from the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus to Turkey, on the way, half of them were killed, he said. KAYNAK:

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