August 3, 2011 - 22:10 AMT
Harut Sassounian: Erdogan loses 3-0 seeking for apologies of three states

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan loses 3-0 to Armenia, Israel and Germany in the issue of claiming for apologies from the countries leaders, according to Managing Editor Harut Sassounian’s article published in California Courier weekly.

Sassounian noted that before demanding apologies from the President of Armenia for his statement, Erdogan should first apology for 1,5 mln. victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and return Armenia’s occupied territories adding with irony that Armenians must be grateful to the Turkish Prime Minister that he with his hysterics and keen reaction drew the world press’s and international community’s attention to the issue of Armenian territorial claims.

Turkish side was critical of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s reply to the question of Armenian school student, who asked if the return Western Armenia, along with Ararat is possible in future.

As the President replied, “it depends on you and your generation. I believe, my generation has fulfilled the task in front of us; when it was necessary in the beginning of the 90-s to defend part of our fatherland – Karabakh – from the enemy, we did it. I am not telling this to embarrass anyone: my point is that each generation has its responsibilities and they have to be carried out, with honor. If you, boys and girls of your generation spare no effort, if those older and younger than you act the same way, we will have one of the best countries in the world. Trust me, in many cases the country’s standing is not conditioned by its territory: the country should be modern, it should be secure and prosperous, and these are conditions which allow any nation to sit next to the respectable, powerful and reputed nations of the world. We simply must fulfil our duty, must be active, industrious, must be able to create bounty. And we can do that, we very easily can do that, and we have done it more than once in our history. I am certain about it, and I want you to be certain too. We are a nation that always rises from the ashes like phoenix – again and again.”

Recently Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan has demanded for Israel to apologize for the killings during Gaza-bound aid flotilla incident. Otherwise Erdogan threatened to visit Gaza. Israel still thinks whether or not to give an apology.