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| | The Armenian Weekly Newspaper |
 | | Since the Diaspora was formed chiefly after the tehcir (Turkish for deportation—not genocide, mind you), it is a no-brainer: Diasporan Armenians, the descendants of the “disloyal” Ottoman Armenians, are evil collaborators still, plotting to create animosities between Turkey and Europe, Turkey and the U.S., Turkey and Armenia. |
 | | The Diaspora is pushing the Genocide recognition agenda, these Turkish intellectuals argue, and dragging Armenia along with it. |
 | | A tough, confrontational response, on the other hand, is actually what the Diaspora wants,” said Meltem Cakýr of TUSIAD (the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association) in an interview that appeared in part in the Feb. 22 issue of the Turkish Daily News (TDN). |
| www.hairenik.com /armenianweekly/fpg02240703.htm (741 words) |
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