Echoes of History

A famous and very outspoken journalist in Turkey was killed in broad daylight on Friday in Istanbul. He was apparently shot in the head on a busy street?



The reason? Because he proclaimed that the mass killing of Armenians by the then Ottoman Turks during World War I amounts to genocide. Many media outlets and journalists have found themselves in front of the Turkish courts with charges against them, at times, treason for speaking of Turkey's complicity in the genocide.



Following the lead of some very bold representatives in the French government, I believe that Turkey should not be allowed into the EU until they at least admit that the mass killing of a targeted ethnic group of people is in fact, a genocide. I also believe that reparations are in order for the descendants of those affected by this crime. These are two of the most obvious conditions for making amends, until that time Turkey is still just throwing salt on very old wounds.

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