November 22, 2002 - 22:30 AMT
"WE HAVE TO FIND ANSWER TO QUESTION: IS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REAL?" TURKISH RULING PARTY LEADER STATED
"We have to find the answer to the question: is the Armenian genocide real?". Leader of "Justice and development" Turkish party wining the elections Rejeb Erdogan stated that in his interview with journalists on completion of the meeting with representative of the European Commission Romano Prodi. As "Mediamax" agency reports with reference to Turkish sources, answering the question if the new Turkish government recognizes the Armenian genocide, Erdogan answered "We cannot recognize that question not knowing the answer to it".