Turkey will accept truth on Genocide 'sooner or later' - ARF-D member
Turkey will have, sooner or later, to confront the dark chapters of its history to accept the truth on the Armenian Genocide, says Hrant Margaryan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) Bureau.
“I am sure the day will come when Turkey will be obliged to accept the truth and admit [the historical fact]. The day will come when our country will be liberated. Today, however, we are facing a new political atmosphere. Ahead of the April 24 [Genocide anniversary], our country’s top leadership was able to demonstrate a political will to end the cycle of confrontations in the country and avert new [bloodsheds repeating the scenario of the] March 1 [post-electoral turmoil],” he told reporters on Tuesday.
The politician said he is hopeful that the success of the recent civil disobedience campaign (that led eventually to Serzh Sargsyan's resignation as prime minister) will impart a new spirit and enthusiasm to people, encouraging them to be consolidated.
Margaryan said he also sees that Turkey now feels obliged to undertake steps which Armenia could not have possibly foreseen about a couple of decades ago.
“We feel it, because the Armenian Genocide issue has become a kind of stimulus in interstate relations, an urgent topic for international organizations. and the problem of Turkey,” he noted.
Armenians today are commemorating the 103rd anniversary of Genocide. Crowds of people have are heading to the memorial in Yerevan’s Tsitsernakaberd Park to commemorate the victims.
Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II served a special liturgy in the morning in ceremony attended by high-ranking government officials.