"SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH TURKISH-ARMENIAN EDITOR ETYEN MAHCUPYAN
"SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH TURKISH-ARMENIAN EDITOR ETYEN MAHCUPYAN
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Etygen Mahcupyan, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos, spoke to DER SPIEGEL about the trial of the alleged killers of his predecessor Hrant Dink.": Dink's Murder Was 'Planned by a Bigger Network'
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Comments
Thanks for bringing us at least the Spiegel interview... It's a good thing that Spiegel doesn't wait a year or two to publish their interviews like you do... Mr. Mahcupyan probably opted to be aloof with you because he probably figured that any interview with you would be stale by the time it came out. What do you think?.. Or do you think if your last name were 'Sakayan,'
(We are all Armenians?)you would have gotten a better reception from him or that he would have spent more time with you?
Posted by: Mitat Yerli | July 12, 2007 07:04 PM
I don't know what you are getting at dear Mitat. I am in the middle of a research project and though you find it ridiculous, we have some "ethical" rules to follow. An anthropologist cannot publish an interview without asking for consent but if i first ask my interviewees for publishing consent, then i am shifting to a different terrain. These people are public figures and they don't need me to voice their ideas and in fact they are doing me a favor by sparing their time for me in their busy schedules.
mr. mahçupyan is a nice person under normal conditions. i have never heard anything wrong about him. but of course, i felt real upset at that time and still I am now but you have no right to imply what you imply. you should get rid of your prejudices first before asking other to get theirs...
Posted by: erkan | July 13, 2007 12:18 AM
"you should get rid of your prejudices first before asking other to get theirs..." __Erkan
Very good point though I do believe everybody has their own set of prejudices and we must start by respecting that. The question is how we deal with it, how we communicate with each other, Turk, Greek or Armenian, about our prejudices. Mr Mahcupyan is too busy or you are in the middle of a research project are all irrelevant, nothing but excuses and have nothing to do with what Hrant Dink wanted to convey. But other than that dear Erkan, you are doing an excellent job.
Posted by: Mitat Yerli | July 13, 2007 04:51 AM