Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday that the statement of U.S. President Barack Obama about 1915 incidents was not right and acceptable. Obama described the incidents of 1915 as a "great tragedy" in a presidential statement he released on April 24. He said what happened in 1915 was "one of the worst atrocities" of the 20th century.
Davutoglu told A.A that Turkey was against judging the history with political motives. He added that the history could only be researched by historians, and such historical incidents should be discussed only by the countries which were directly related with the issue.
Davutoglu said that neither executive bodies nor parliaments could make such historical judgements, and this was unacceptable. He added that the efforts to perceive the history in a one-sided aspect caused an injustice.
Releasing a statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry also said, "we deeply regret this statement which reflects an incorrect and one-sided political perception."
Turkish foreign ministry deeply regrets the statement of u.s. President on 1915 incidents
Turkish Foreign Ministry deeply regretted over the statement of U.S. President Barack Obama regarding 1915 incidents.
The ministry said on Saturday, "we deeply regret this statement which reflects an incorrect and one-sided political perception."
Obama described the incidents of 1915 as a "great tragedy" in a presidential statement he released on April 24. In his message, Obama used the Armenian expression "Meds Yeghern", meaning "great tragedy" in Turkish, while describing the incidents of 1915, just like he did in a similar statement last year. Obama said what happened in 1915 was "one of the worst atrocities" of the 20th century.
Turkish Foreign Ministry said, "written statements issued regularly each year on April 24th by the presidents of the United States has been repeated by President Obama this year as well."
"The toughest enemy of the historical facts are subjective memory records. No nation has the right to impose its memory records on another nation," noted the ministry.
It said, "third countries neither have a right nor authority to judge the history of Turkish-Armenian relations with political motives."
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