Turkey is reconsidering Genocide denial policy. This is the process that we are in now, said Taner Akçam Associate Professor of History at Clark University, the author of “A Shameful Act: the Armenian Genocide and Turkish Responsibility” book.

“This is hard to explain to the Armenian community but the countdown process has already been started in Turkey. It is not visible from outside because the politicians are still using the “old-conventional” language. However, I would like to emphasize that the time for people like Halaçoğlu or Elekdağ is over. We will experience a change in the policy towards 1915 but I personally think that this will probably happen after the next election in 2011,” Akçam told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“The AKP won’t move on this issue much because they have other priorities such as a new constitution, the Kurdish issue and pushing back the military into barracks… It could be too risky for the AKP to put the Genocide issue on their agenda at this juncture,” Clark University Professor stated.