Turkey challenges: Let's excavate the truth together!

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Turkish Press Yesterday
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Turkish and Swedish teams to excavate mass grave:

Yesterday's Hürriyet led with an invitation from a Turkish historical institution to a Swedish expert, who claimed that a mass grave in the southeastern city of Mardin belonged to victims of an alleged genocide of Armenians at the hands of the Ottomans in 1915, to dig up a mass grave in that city.

Professor David Gaunt from a Swedish university accepted the Turkish Historical Institution's (TTK) invitation and demanded full freedom for the excavation, the daily reported.

“We accepted all the conditions [put forth by Gaunt]. What's more we will be meeting his team's requirements for the excavation,” noted TTK head Yusuf Hallaçoglu. Emphasizing that this invitation is for all the scientists interested in the issue and particularly those of Armenian origin, Hallaçoglu noted that this excavation would be a first in the world, Hürriyet reported.

The mass grave was found last year when Gaunt carried the issue to Swedish parliament, alleging that the graves belonged to Armenian and Syrian genocide victims killed during a forced migration during World War I.