However, the issue of the Armenian genocide is likely to be followed by the issue of the genocide of Kurds who Ankara had struggled for years. An illustration of this scenario may be an interview of Okhran Pamuk to a Swiss journal where he mentioned a million victims of the Armenian genocide and 30,000 Kurds who died in 1984-1999. Okhran Pamuk was attacked by the nationalistic press and strongly criticized by aggressive demonstrators.
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As for genocide, tragic events really took place, and people really should remember their forefathers. They will go to the Yerevan monument to pay homage to victims of 1915; they will light candles to commemorate them. But time is a great healer, and Armenians whose ancestors fled from the Kars massacre now marry Turks and live happily. Nevertheless, they will come to Yerevan on April 24 and will light candles for victims of the genocide. Turkish husbands will tell nothing.
Hopefully, history will not play another practical joke with this region, and Ankara and Yerevan will not let a spark kindle a flame. Moreover, children born in Armenian-Turkish families should take care for that. Politicians of Armenia and Turkey should be reasonable, as well as politicians of those countries that play a geopolitical game in the Caucasus.
Lina Veskushenko
Pravda.ru
Translated by Julia Bulygina
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