Etyen Mahcupyan finds it impossible not to call Armenians massacre a genocide

YEREVAN, 15 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. Armenian-Turkish intellectual Etyen Mahcupyan, the Chief Adviser of the Prime Minister of Turkey, once again has told in his interview that what happened to the Armenians was a genocide. As “Armenpress” reports, citing T24.com.tr, Mahcupyan reflected on the Pope’s statement and noted: "Vatican has thrown off itself the psychological burden of 100 years. When you say, why this word was used 100 years later, one should approach the issue from the opposite side and say, how has Vatican withstood for so many years saying nothing."

Davutoglu’s Armenian advisor stressed that one should not look for any political context in Pope's words, adding: “The word “genocide", besides being a political term, has started to get more psychological significance for both the Armenians and foreigners.”

Among other things, Mahcupyan noted that when they call the events of Bosnia and Africa genocides, it is impossible not to call the Armenian massacres of 1915 a “genocide”. “Facing with what had happened and taking lesson to build the future together is of a certain significance. Otherwise, the term has no importance. The important thing is that those, who live here today, could understand each other," he emphasized.