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Turkey: State Minister Says 'Armenian Issue' 'Serious Defamation'
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Posted: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 06:52 am CST

ELAZIG, Sept 27 (A.A) - State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said on Wednesday that Turkey was facing the most serious defamation in its history.

Mirzaoglu who came to eastern Elazig province to attend a ceremony on the occasion of the start of new semester at the Firat University visited Elazig Governor Osman Aydin.

Speaking at the meeting, State Minister Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was facing the most serious defamation in its history regarding the ``Armenian issue``.

``The Armenians who had stabbed the Turkish army in the back during the World War I were sent into exile in Syria and Lebanon,`` Mirzaoglu said, adding that ``digging into the issue nearly a century later won`t bring any benefit to anyone. Armenians are trying to prove themselves to be right. All of the developments about this issue were recorded in the Ottoman archives. The issue will be clarified if these archives are observed.`` he said.

[Description of Source: Ankara Anatolia in English -- Semi-official news agency; independent in content]

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