"Turkish Armenians Talk about 'Genocide'
TNA Parliamentary Bureau /Ankara
Complaining about the attitude of the diaspora, Etyen Mahcupyan, Hrant Dink, and Levon Debagyan maintain it's stuck living in 1915
For the first time in Turkish history, Armenians voiced their point of view on the genocide allegations under the roof of the Turkish Parliament.
Agos Turkish-Armenian weekly Editor Hrant Dink, Zaman reporter Etyen Mahcupyan, and author Levon Debagyan all stressed that Armenians living in Turkey, rather than the Armenia diaspora, should be representatives in the genocide debate .
Establishing diplomatic ties with Armenia, and opening the Armenian border would be an important step to help ease tension in the genocide controversy, Mahcupyan and Dink went on to say.
Both Mahcupyan and Dink, acting as mediators, tried to persuade Turkish deputies to establish ties with Armenia."
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