‘Genocide industry’ of Armenia

Today, the Armenian lobby marks the so called "Armenian genocide" in Armenia and in some other countries. There is no doubt that also this year, Armenia and the Armenian lobby will continue a serious propaganda campaign in order to bringing the scale of the so-called "tragedy" to the world's attention.

As a result of great efforts of the Armenian lobby, some countries have called the 1915 events in Turkey a genocide. However, the main goal of Armenia and the Armenian lobby is the recognition of the events as a genocide by Turkey.

However, Armenia's goals are just a dream. On the other hand, most countries see the so-called "genocide", which Armenia and the Armenian lobby puts on the agenda annually, as a tool to improve ratings in pre-election campaigns.

Another interesting fact is that Turkish officials have repeatedly expressed their willingness to open the archives for the objective study of the 1915 events, but Armenian officials have not responded to this offer.

Recently, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc reiterated Ankara's agreement to open all archives to investigate the 1915 events, however, the Armenian officials again did not respond to the offer.

In addition, Turkish officials declared their willingness to establish a historical commission with Armenia and other countries to investigate these events.

Lack of an Armenian response to the offer gives grounds to say that the "genocide" of 1915 is no more than a fictitious claim against Turkey. If what Armenia claims happened, Armenia would at least accept Turkey's offer.

However, when studying the 1915 events, on the contrary, the ethnic cleansing of Muslims by Armenians in Turkey will come to light.

The reasons why Yerevan does not accept Ankara's offers does not end there. One major reason is the failure of the Armenian government to pursue an independent policy.

Undoubtedly, Armenian authorities in their policies towards Turkey depend on the Armenian lobby, anti-Turkish policy and false "genocide" claims that are made to preserve the Armenian lobby could keep its position.

The opening of the archives may reduce the importance of the Armenian lobby, which is feeding on unfounded "genocide" claims.

And it means a loss of serious financial support for Armenia, which is in a state of economic crisis and has no significant economic potential.

Armenia's attempts to present the 1915 events as genocide cannot be called nothing less than a "genocide industry".


Rufiz Hafizoglu    /Trend/