"VIEW: Turkey, Armenia, and the burden of memory �Charles Tannock
The European Parliament is pressing for Turkish recognition of the Armenian genocide. It is also calling for an end to the trade embargo by Turkey and its close ally Azerbaijan against the Republic of Armenia, a reopening of frontiers, and a land-for-peace deal to resolve the territorial dispute over Nagorno Karabakh in Azerbaijan and safeguard its Armenian identity
All wars end, eventually. But memories of atrocity never seem to fade, as the anti-Japanese riots now taking place in China remind us. The 90th anniversary of the Armenian massacres of 1915, ordered by the ruling Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire and carried out by the Kurds, is another wound that will not heal, but one that must be treated if Turkey�s progress toward European Union membership is to proceed smoothly."
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