Armenian community of Istanbul to launch website entitled "We live in a different Turkey"

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish media reports that the meeting of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and chairman of the Armenian community Petros Sirinoglu sparked protests among the Armenian community of Istanbul, is true, Turkologist Ruben Melkonyan told PanARMENIAN.Net  



According to him, the Armenian community of Istanbul has not a leader. "Perhaps, the expectations of the Turkish government were fulfilled and they received from a representative of the Armenian community all the statements they wanted to hear," Mr. Melkonyan said, adding that the position of the Armenian community does not coincide with the position Mr. Sirinoglu. 



According to him, as a sign of protest the Armenian community of Istanbul intends to launch a site entitled "We live in a different Turkey," because that Turkey, Sirinoglu was speaking about, differs a great deal from the Turkey they live in. 



According to Ruben Melkonyan, the family of the editor-in-chief of "Agos" news paper Hrant Dink, killed on January 19, 2007 also joined the action. 



"he Armenian community of Istanbul demanded Sirinoglu not speak with any statements on behalf of the community, since the community does not recognize him as a representative,"Ruben Melkonyan said. 



In Ruben Melkonyan' opinion, the reaction of the Armenian community to the statement of Petros Sirinoglu is a sign of "healing". 



Earlier, Turkish media reported that the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on March 26 met with the leader of the Armenian community Petros Sirinoglu. 



"The events of 1915 have become a bone of contention between true friends and partners, treating each other with a great love. Unfortunately, this conflict ended badly, suspicion arose between them. The conflict arose 100 years ago, it should be forgotten and looked ahead," Sirinoglu said, TRT reported. He said "the Armenian presidents sticks to the same view".