“Turkey mustn’t forget Azerbaijan, as this country’s territories are still under Armenian occupation”, American historical analyst Justin McCarthy.
1915 year’s events, historical processes in South Caucasus, including Azerbaijan-Turkey historical relations, Turkish nation’s leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s services for Turkic World were discussed at the “Heritage of Ataturk” symposium at UN headquarters this weekend.
The symposium was joined by American historical and political analysts who have interest in Ataturk and Turkic world, Turkish diplomats and also, Ataturk’s daughter Ulku Adatepe.
“If there wasn’t be Ataturk, there wouldn’t be any Turk alive today. Ataturk saved the Turks”, — told American historical analyst Justin McCarthy. He pointed out that Ataturk didn’t save only Turkey, but played the same role for the whole region. The analyst also mentioned Ataturk’s assistances to Azerbaijan in that historical period. Another analyst — Arnold Riesman said that modern Turkey — is the heritage of Ataturk: “Modern Turkey is also fighting for peace and stability in the region”.
The analyst reminded Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, “even if it is not noticeable in the Minsk group process”. Ataturk’s daughter says that Mustafa Kemal is still not known as much as she would like to in the world, sometimes his reforms are misunderstood. Another controversial issue discussed at the symposium was the Turkish-Armenian historical relations. “Turks don’t have anything to loose, as they never committed genocide”, — said McCarthy. According to him, “the more you dig this issue, the more you see that Turks are truthful”. The analyst also pointed out that American Armenians are conducting a dirty campaign against Turks and Azerbaijanis. He says that Turkey mustn’t forget Azerbaijan, as this country’s territories are still under Armenian occupation.
