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Turkish-Armenian relationships | Friends and neighbours | The Economist

"Friends and neighbours

Sep 25th 2008 | ANKARA AND YEREVAN
From The Economist print edition
Rising hopes of better relations between two historic enemies

KEMAL ATATURK , father of modern Turkey, rescued hundreds of Armenian women and children from mass slaughter by Ottoman forces during and after the first world war. This untold story, which is sure to surprise many of today’s Turks, is one of many collected by the Armenian genocide museum in Yerevan that “will soon be brought to light on our website,” promises Hayk Demoyan, its director."

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