Famous Turkish historian Taner Akcam, who is well-known for his works on the Armenian Genocide, has participated in a number of events dedicated to Armenian and English translations of his books.
Speaking to Eduard Tandzikyan, Editor-in-Chief of the Armenian “Akos” newspaper in Turkey, Akcam told that all of his works, except for two, had already been translated into Armenian. Preliminary agreements were reached for the Armenian translation of the two books, “Kanunların ruhu” and “Naim Efendi Hatıratı”.
Akcam also touched upon the inner-political developments in Armenia after the change of power. He compared today’s Armenia with the village of Asterisk and Orbeliks, which could not be seized by the Roman Empire, which had conquered the whole world.
“Armenia is a wonderful island on the huge map of the world that differs from the whole world, from Russia, Turkey, Europe and the United States, where politics is largely conditioned by nationalist, racist, authoritarian and totalitarian streams. Winds of democracy and freedom blow in Armenia”, noted Akcam.
Touching upon the issue of scandalous discoveries of corruption that are made every day in the country during the new Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan’s office, the expert said:
“When I heard about it, I wanted to write an analysis with “What Kilicdaroglu did not succeed in” title. It turns out that Pashinyan has been inspired by Kilicdaroglu’s “march of justice” and has adopted this model. In fact, some of the civilian rebellion measures in Turkey has been adopted. However, Kilicdaroglu did not have the much political courage and was probably afraid of changes”.
During his visit to Armenia, Akcam also had meetings with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and other figures.
Agos