Turkish Peace Assembly Supports The Apology To The Armenians Campaign
The Turkish Peace Assembly describes the campaign to apologize to the Armenians as a right move in the direction of facing the past. They claim that the citizens did what the state should have done and they accuse the counter campaigns for making living together impossible.
The Turkish Peace Assembly sees “the campaign to apologize to my Armenian brothers and sisters” as a “development that strengthens the hopes and demands for peace.”
The assembly announced that this campaign was part of the process of facing the past and the campaigns that include racist and impatient approaches make living together impossible.
“The citizens did what the state should have done”
Calling upon the authorities to take a step towards the social peace by facing the history and the problems, the Peace Assembly characterized those who participate in the campaigned as “the citizen who are doing what the state should do.”
Describing the announcements by the Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff and the heads of the political parties as “the counter campaign”, The Peace Assembly says, “The fact the President felt forced to reveal his ethnic origin to the public shows what kind of danger a normal citizen and the society are facing.”
The number of the signatures is 20 thousand
In the morning hours, when this news was being written, the number of the signatures in the campaign to apologize to the Armenians (ozurdiliyoruz.com) was over 20 thousand. (TK/TB)
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