Turkey calls to study its archives over the Armenian Genocide
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is challenging nations who label the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide, saying they should inspect Turkey's Ottoman-era archives and "we have nothing to hide," The Associated press reported.
In a speech during a symposium on archives and historical research on Wednesday Erdogan said nations who accuse Turkey of genocide have a "bloody past."
"When we dig deeper into genocides, massacres, and human rights violations, we see the same countries that make noise about democracy and freedom," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding: "Those who lecture Turkey on human rights, democracy, the Armenian issue, and the fight against terrorism all have a bloody history.”
"Turkey's archives are fully accessible", Erdogan said, calling on Armenians and third parties to research the 1915 events.
Erdogan also said that no group or state has been able to prove the Armenian Genocide through archival evidence.