Ruben Melkonyan: Information “hunger” for Armenian Genocide should be eliminated in Turkey

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS: It is necessary to make appropriate steps to eliminate the information “hunger” for the Armenian Genocide in Turkey and activate the discussions on prohibited subjects. This was stated by the expert on Turkish Affairs Ruben Melkonyan at the press conference on April 22. From the point of view of the information policy Ruben Melkonyan highlighted the deepening of the breaking process of some taboos in Turkey. According to Armenpress, the expert on Turkish Affairs said that the objective should be the Turkish society, which had a lack of awareness.

Ruben Melkonyan stated that there was not any comparison between the Armenian and Turkish scientific circles in the Armenian Genocide issue, as the Armenian scientists based on the facts and gave the objective reality and the Turkish researches in this sphere exposed doubts in the international arena.

At the years of the World War I Turkey massacred 1,5 million Armenians in the Western Armenia, making hundreds of thousands people refugees. The fact of the Armenian Genocide has been recognized by more than twenty states and international organizations.