Senior officials in Turkey want direct dialogue with Diaspora Armenians. However, they need confidence and trust, which is currently absent, Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council (TABDC) Co-Chairman Kaan Soyak says in his article published in California Courier. In his opinion, Armenians must realize that the Turkish people are exactly the same as the Armenian people, since they are like twins in their behavior and in their way of thinking. "Many of my Armenian and Turkish friends' ancestors used to live together in the same hometowns. Turkey is the motherland of Armenians and Turks, where they lived together for centuries", Kaan Soyak writes. "Today, the soil is crying and waiting for Armenians to come back, talk with the local people and live in peace. I know Armenian-Americans will not move back to Anatolia and start a new life there. But, why don't they consider visiting the land they once shared with Turks for centuries and re-energize themselves? Perhaps we can all work together to bring our common land back to its glorious days", he continues. The more Armenians get involved at all levels of discussions with Turks, the more they will be able to help the Turkish public learn about the contributions of Armenians in the past. According to Sayak, the absence of Armenians from Turkey to be a loss in our quality of life. "Armenians should go back there and tell all the Turks about their story; explain to them the suffering of their families; and ask openly the reason why so many innocent people were killed in 1915. This is the hard road that we need to take to prepare the environment for our two governments to take the politically difficult steps forward", he says. "The Armenians' hesitation for dialogue helps benefit third parties who don't care about our region and are only pursuing their own agendas and personal interests under the guise of reconciliation between Armenians and Turks" the article notes.