Ruben Safrastyan: Turkey still falsifies history

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian and Turkish archives of the Ottoman period has no materials on the Armenian Genocide, which can be surprising for the Armenian side and strengthen Turkey's position on the Armenian Genocide," Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RA NAS Ruben Safrastyan told a press conference in Yerevan, answering the question of PanARMENIAN.Net



The Turkish side has persistently published papers through which it tried to deny the fact of the Genocide. But the very materials submitted by Ankara contain direct evidence of the Armenian Genocide. These materials also testify the fact that Turkey still falsifies history, " the turkologist said. According to him, no document may cast doubt on the Armenian Genocide recognized by the majority of historians.



"Regardless of what the Turkish historians say, long past from the time when the Armenian Genocide was a subject of debate. This is a historically accepted fact, " the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies said.



Turkish historian, head of the department of Armenian Studies of the Historical Society of Turkey, Kemal Çiçek said that Armenians might be surprised at the materials of the First World War, they find in Armenian and Turkish archives. According to Cicek, Turkey has nothing to fear.