Reaction to the article on MacLean's Magazine of October 29, 2007 with a title of "GENOCIDE DENIAL".

'ALLEGED' GENOCIDE

Your article tries to explain the disputed genocide claims by Armenians and the Turkish reactions, but the headline gives the impression of a factual genocide ("Genocide denial," World, Oct.29). In fact there is tremendous debate over the issue and, despite political lobbying; the alleged genocide has not been proven historically.

The Armenians have tried every avenue, including terrorism to reach their goal. But they don't bring their genocide allegations before the International Court of Justice in The Hague because genocide allegations are unsupportable by historical facts; archives, authentic documents and unbiased historians reveal a different story than the Armenian version of what happened almost a century ago.

In Canada, USA and some other countries, it is unfortunate that the Armenian Diaspora's political power and influence transforms many politicians into fake historians. By believing one-sided stories of the Diaspora, these politicians think that they have the knowledge and authority to give the Armenians a stamp of approval.

Why is it they adopt the Armenian allegations? Is it because Armenians are Christian and Turks are not? Or is it because there are tens of thousands of Armenians in their constituencies and very few Turks?

Bora Hincer, Kingston, Ont.