We, as Armenians and Turks, are two unsound societies when it comes to our relationship. Armenians have been going through a big trauma against Turks while Turks have been having paranoia against Armenians. We are two clinical events.Who will treat us? French Parliament or American Senate? Who will write the prescription? Who is our doctor?Armenians are the physician of Turks and Turks are the physician of Armenians.

There is no other physician or cure. The only prescription is dialog. There exists no other solution, let me tell honestly. We, as Armenians and Turks, are two unsound societies when it comes to our relationship. Armenians have been going through a big trauma against Turks while Turks have been having paranoia against Armenians. We are two clinical events.

Who will treat us? Resolutions of French Parliament or American Senate? Who will write the prescription? Who is our doctor?

Armenians are the physician of Turks and Turks are the physician of Armenians. There is no other physician or cure. The only prescription is dialog. There exists no other solution, let me tell honestly.

I want to tell Diaspora: Do not get stuck in 1915, do not tie yourselves to whether the world recognizes the genocide or not. Is this a historical tragedy? We and our ancestors have experienced it. There is a beautiful saying in Anatolia: "Bearing calamity with dignity", without outcry, without making noise. And we are people of Anatolia.

I want to tell the people of world: I don't care a bit if you recognize Armenian genocide or not. Didn't Armenians kill Turks? Of course they did. After 1915, in revenge and retaliation, while the Russians were attacking from North. Whatever happened was due to damn revenge anyway.

I want to tell Turks: Think a little bit on why Armenians have been insisting on this issue. Have a little empathy with them. May be then you will be able to see dignity in their standing.

And I want to tell Armenians: Try to see dignity in Turkish peoples claiming that it was not genocide. Try to find a proud standing. What is that proud standing? As a Turk, I am against genocide and racism. How could my ancestor commit such an evil crime because I can't. Hence there is a proud standing.

My phone ringed. An elderly man from one of the villages of Sivas province was the caller. He told me that my name was given to him to be contacted. He said to me "an elderly lady from France came in here and after staying for about ten days, passed away. We then organized a funeral service in the mosque and buried her. Later, we found out that this lady was an Armenian. Then I was referred to you. Her name is such and such. Could you please help us to find who she is? If she has relatives or children, they can come in and we can help them if they want to take her body even though we buried her." I promised him to help.

I have an old fellow in Sivas. I called him and gave her name. He told me to go and ask to the owner of the small shoe shop right across the street. I went there and asked her "Do you know a lady with this name?" She said to me that she was her mother. "Where is your mother?" then I asked. "She lives in France" she replied. I asked her if her mother came to Turkey. She said "She comes to Turkey often without stopping by Istanbul most of the time. She goes straight to Sivas, where she was born. She generally spends about 15 days and returns again without stopping by us mostly. "I told her the story. She started crying. She then went to Sivas and called me the next day. She said to me that all that were told were true. The lady was her mother. I then asked if she was going to bring her body. She said to me that she wanted to and added that one of the elderly men told her something and then she started crying. While I was asking her what he told her, that man grabbed the phone. I said to him "What did you do to that lady". He replied "I didn't do anything. I said to the lady that she was her mother and it was her right to take her body back. I said to her that if she asked me, I would have told her not to take the body back because water had just found the crack. Let her stay."

I was so devastated by his last sentence. O my God, what a sentence is that: "Water just found the crack." This is nothing but an aphorism of the people of Anatolia that can not be explained by pages of sentences.