Turkish intellectuals call to apologize to Armenian people for 1915 events

PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of Turkish intellectuals have apologized for the "great disaster that Ottoman Armenians suffered in 1915" but have fallen short of calling on the state to do the same, Today's Zaman reports.



Professors Baskan Oran and Ahmet Insel, journalists Ali Bayramoglu and Cengiz Aktar personally apologized for the 1915 events.



The group is asking other people to sign the petition, which reads as follows: "I cannot conscientiously accept the indifference to the great disaster that Ottoman Armenians suffered in 1915, and its denial. I reject this injustice and acting of my own will, I share the feelings and pains of my Armenian brothers and sisters, and I apologize to them."



The organizers of the campaign have underlined that first they will collect signatures from intellectuals and they will then open a secure website to collect signatures.