Tuesday, March 29, 2005

JTW News - Ottoman Archives Open to All, Including Armenian Researchers

"Ottoman Archives Open to All, Including Armenian Researchers
Ottoman archives promoted

Prime Ministry State Archives Director General Yusuf Sarinay said that there were tens of thousands of documents in Turkish State Archives refuting the Armenian allegations.

Holding a news conference, Sarinay said, ''Armenians have been making propaganda against Turkey for a long time. There are more than 1 million documents related with Armenians directly and indirectly in our archives from 1870s to 1922. These documents are waiting for a scientific examination.''

''When we read those documents, we see that the Ottoman Empire decided to relocate Armenians to suppress a de facto uprising and put an end to Armenian's collaboration of Russian army, not toprevent a likely rebellion,'' he said. "

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