I wondered?Are there any jurist among our friends?
Maybe you will become a politician or a jurist in your country inthe future; who knows?
Why have not we asked these questions?
According to the law logic and law philosophy we may ask a lot of questions to the political lobbies as young=
1-Have they lived in that time?
2-Have they seen this historic event?
3-Do they have proof, evidence, witness?
4-Are they a lawyer?
5-Are they a public presecuter?
6-Do they have authority to judge the historic events?
7-Are they a law court?
8-Why do not they go to an international law court?
9-Are they a precious historian?
10-Are they a scientist?
11-So then every country can judge every country in the future?Because we know what we are but we don’t know what will we be in the future?
12-Is it a political or scientific way to solve the historic dilemma /conflict?
13-Nothing and no one on earth is perfect and nothing lasts forever?
14-Only GOD knows everything and counts the crimes and sins for the punishment in the other world?
15-Every coin has two sides..

Yilgun, nobody is saying there was "genocide". I just feel it would be better for the matter to be investigated once and for all so that these "rumour" would not continue to flare up periodically.

It seems that Turkish people will not even discuss this matter, so how can the truth ever be found or acknowledged?

Despite wide spread propaganda by others, Turks and Greeks are extremely similar; they physically look alike, enjoy very similar food, dance to similar tunes. Both are hard headed and hot tempered. My own personal experience is that they can become extremely good friends, given a fair chance.

The problem between the two nations has nothing to do with Turks' capture of Istanbul, for we later gave them Athens as a consolation prize.

The real problem revolves on the fact that Greeks insist on referring to the good old Turkish coffee as the Greek coffee: an unbelievable act of lowest form, which no real Turk can swallow.

An interesting point regarding history of disputes between Greece and Turkey is that peaceful times are invariably experienced when Turkey is stronger and holds the upper hand. Trouble starts as soon as others promise support and help to Greeks, whispering into Greek ears that Cyprus actually belongs to Greece or the time has come to reclaim Istanbul and Ionia back from Turks and persuade them that they are actually strong enough to beat Turks on battlefields. Greeks can not resist the temptation and they never learn.

At all other times peace prevails.

Aenigma III friend says =
"Yilgun, nobody is saying there was "genocide". I just feel it would be better for the matter to be investigated once and for all so that these "rumour" would not continue to flare up periodically."
This is a right vision...