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Dear
Member of Congress,
As citizens of the Turkish Republic , it is our sincere
desire that the HR 106 draft is withdrawn and dropped
from the agenda indefinitely, as it deserves.
This draft needlessly drags the US Congress into a
period where history and propaganda are mingled. It also
attempts to legislate a controversial historic issue and
overstrains the Congress jurisdiction. The Turkish
Republic , a 60-year ally of the US , is unfairly and
unjustly blamed for events that are claimed to have
occurred in 1915.
These efforts also ignore calls by the Turkish
Government and the Turkish Parliament. Both invited all
interested historians to research all the relevant
archives and records and reach a joint conclusion on
what exactly happened. Turkey still expects a positive
response to this initiative. Historic events need to be
tackled by historians and not by elected public
officials. Politicians should determine the future not
the past. Moreover, there are two sides in this issue.
We understand that the aforementioned draft is a
by-product of domestic US politics. The interest groups
that are campaigning for this resolution may be your
electorates. We Turks may not have the matching
electorate and vote numbers, nor the lobbying power.
Still, we are 70 million Turks honorably living in a
strategically important geography for centuries. This
geography is also deemed vital for US interests.
Similarly, millions of our Turkic brethren In Eurasia,
the US, Europe, the Middle East , Balkans and elsewhere
are monitoring these developments very closely.
We expect that the US Congress will avoid insulting the
Turkish nation, especially at a time when the US needs
friends in our geography.
Turkish Nation is expecting a friendship message from
the US
DOĞU PERİNCEKS DEFENSE OF HIS CASE IN LAUSANNE
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