Legislating History
Dr. Yılmaz ARGÜDEN Recently, various Parliaments throughout the world have gotten into the business of legislating history! As Tip O’Neill has succinctly put it, “All politics is local.” However, currently the US Congress is under pressure to consider a resolution about the events of 1915. This is being done to satisfy the requests of Armenian minorities within their electoral districts, but, such an approach is causing a serious dismay to millions of people whose voice is not heard just because they happen not to be…
TUSIAD: “The Armenian Genocide Resolution May Lead to Unforeseen Consequences in the Region”
The Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) expresses its regrets and concerns over the passage by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs of H. Res. 106, Armenian genocide resolution, labeling the tragic events that took place during the first World War as genocide. TUSIAD stresses that this contentious resolution may lead to irreversible consequences in the already fragile Middle East and Caucasus regions, and issues the following statement: “The Turkish business community is unable to comprehend how the parliament of one country, driven entirely by…
TUSIAD Sends Letter on the Armenian Genocide Resolution to all Members of the US Congress
TURKISH INDUSTRIALISTS’ AND BUSINESSMEN’S ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON OFFICE September 14, 2007 Dear Representative Nancy Pelosi, I am writing to you in my capacity as the chairperson of Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD), to share with you my serious concern to see renewed efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to debate H. Res. 106, “Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution.” Turkey is a key ally of the United States both bilaterally and also within the framework of NATO. Their alliance…