Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Is it money that keeps Turkey denying what happened to Armenians? - ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ

So what prevents Turkey from confronting its past? Why on earth do Turks find it so difficult to talk about what happened in this country almost a century ago? Why is it relatively easier for an American to talk about slavery or the massacres of Native Americans, or for other nations for what they did in the countries they colonized, whereas Turks have created such a big taboo out of their past with Armenians? What makes the Turkish case so different?