Turkey ready to open archives

Ankara is ready to open the archives to investigate the events of 1915, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting in Slovenia, where he is on an official visit, TRT Haber reported on Monday.

"We are ready to open our archives to investigate the events of 1915. At present there are more than 1,500 documents in our archives," Erdogan said.

He said that Armenia, unlike Turkey, is afraid to do it.

"The words that until Turkey recognises the so-called "Armenian genocide", it will not become an EU member are totally unfounded. It is historians who should discuss history, not politicians," Erdogan said.


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