Akcam: Scientists who deny Armenian Genocide are corrupted by Turkish Foreign Ministry

17:50 22/09/2011 » Politics

Akcam: Scientists who deny Armenian Genocide are corrupted by Turkish Foreign Ministry

 British “Times Higher Education” has published an article about Armenian Genocide which is titled “Can we know the truth about Armenian Genocide?”

“The editor-in-chief of “Agos” daily Hrant Dink was murdered in Turkey in 2007 as he was holding a long lasting campaign against Turkish denial of Armenian Genocide. Before Dink’s assassination he was sued for “criticizing the Turks”. Turkish writer, Nobel Prize holder Orhan Pamuk was also sued for the same issue. Now many scientists say those who deny Armenian Genocide are corrupted by Turkish Foreign Ministry,” writes the paper.

Taner Akcam, a professor of Clark University in Massachusetts, has declared during Bucharest-hosted conference on Armenian Genocide that he has received phone calls from anonymous sources that scientists were corrupted to deny Armenian Genocide.

“If anybody works on the issue of Armenian Genocide, he/she can lost the job. This is the reason why many scientists don’t use genocide term. If I plan to live Turkey, I cannot find any job there,” Akcam said.

“If Turkey opens Armenian-Turkish border and normalizes relations with Armenia, it will positively impact on studies of Armenian Genocide,” said Akcam.

Source: Panorama.am

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