429) UK Prepares Reply for Turkey's Blue Book Letter

The British House of Lords is preparing a reply for the letter about the “Blue Book� sent by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Republican People’s Party (CHP) to the British Parliament. . . .

The British answer claims that the “Blue Book�, which deals with the Armenian genocide, is reliable. British Parliament Human Rights Group Co-Chair Lord Avebury said that the Turkish Parliament was not informed sufficiently about the issue. Therefore, he offered that British and Turkish deputies should hold a joint meeting with academicians. The answer defends that “Blue Book� nourishes from sufficient sources. “One point, which is not taken into consideration in the letter, is the fact that documents supporting the book can be easily accessed. On the contrary to what the letter claims, Arnold Toynbee did not say that the “Blue Book� is inaccurate,� it was told. The Blue Book was written by the British historian Arnold Toynbee and was published with the approval of the House of Commons in 1916. Turkey wants the UK to accept that the book is not telling the truth and apologize to Ankara.

By Zaman
Published: Sunday, October 16, 2005
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