The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has voiced disapproval of United States President Barack Obama’s annual April 24 statement, arguing that it was neither helpful for Armenians nor for Turks in reaching an eventual reconciliation in the interpretation of historical facts, SIA reports quoting "Hurriyet Daily News".
"This statement, aiming to pet the feelings of one side, will not be helping to create a common understanding and memory through dialogue and to settle peaceful relations in the future, by confronting the disputed common past between Turks and Armenians," CHP’s deputy leader Faruk Loğoğlu said in a written statement released today.
Commemorating the 98th anniversary of mass killings of the Anatolian Armenians during World War I, Obama deemed them "Meds Yeghern" (great calamity), as he avoided the term "genocide" at the cost of disappointing Armenians, particularly the US-based Armenian diaspora.
Loğoğlu said that Obama had once again supported the Armenian accusations launched against the Turks over history and his words were far from reflecting the reality. The relationship between Turkey and Armenia must be handled by remedying the bilateral and regional problems, and third parties should only be involved in encouraging such endeavors, he added.
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