Fatih Akin slams Turkish scholar over Genocide denial

The German-Turkish director who has produced a movie on the Armenian Genocide has slammed a Turkish scholar for the tragedy’s denial.

According to Demokrat Haber, Fatih Akin urged Hakki Kessik to delete his email from his personal address list, saying that he no longer wishes to receive statements with a political content from him.

“I characterize the 1915 events as Genocide. Your thoughts, and the comments you send make me write this kind of reply. I suppose you are aware of the movie The Cut, which I have shot. And you are probably also aware of what I have told the press about it. I do not share your viewpoint. Hopefully, you will take my request into consideration,”  read his letter.

Kessik, who has been residing in Germany since 1968, has lectured at the University of Hamburg. He is one of the advocates of the thesis requiring historians’ efforts to consider the Armenian Genocide and deportation issue.