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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s groundbreaking message of condolence for Ottoman Armenians killed in 1915 — details of which are provided by Cengiz Candar in his April 24 post for Al-Monitor — was instantly castigated by hard-line Armenians as a shallow attempt by Ankara to "repackage its genocide denials."
The message was not welcomed by nationalist quarters in Turkey either. “Prime Minister Erdogan has long since been promoted to the position of being a window of hope for the genocide gang that is openly acting against Turkey and the Turkish nation,” said Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the Nationalist Action Party (MHP), in his angry reply to Erdogan.
