"Turkish Historical Society revives plans to create Kurdology Institute
Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Chairman Professor Yusuf Halaçoğlu, speaking to Zaman daily, said recent statements about the possible Turkoman genealogy of Turkey’s Kurds and the Armenian ancestry of Kurdish Alevis were deliberately misrepresented in the Turkish press. Yusuf Halaçoğlu Halaçoğlu clarified his use of the word “unfortunately,” while referring to his research on the ethnicity of Kurdish Alevis, whom he claims have Armenian ethnicity. The professor, whose controversial comments have been the subject of heated debate, noted that “unfortunately” refers not to the “fact” that Kurdish Alevis are Armenian but to the implied fact that Armenians had to convert or pretend to have converted."
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