Archaeologists in Turkey unearth 2,500-year-old temple of Aphrodite

Re:Archaeologists in Turkey unearth 2,500-year-old temple of... by Timpy on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:25AM (#25700611)

I don't know enough about the history of Turkey and the Armenian genocide to be properly outraged every time the country of Turkey makes it in a headline, so I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive here but I have a question open to everybody.

Is there any road to redemption for historical atrocities? I'm not defending Turkey because I genuinely don't know, but is there something they could do to alleviate the issue or are they cancelled for all eternity? Is there something they're doing now that's related to the Armenian genocide that's perpetuating the issue? Should we still be mad at Mongolia for Genghis Khan's infamous imperial violence?

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Re:Archaeologists in Turkey unearth 2,500-year-old temple of... by Retric on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:56AM (#25700818)

Enough time for national borders to become meaningless is the most common solution. Nobody complains about Ancient Greece’s atrocities today. When everyone has ancestors on both sides of a conflict it becomes less obvious who to root for.

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Re:Archaeologists in Turkey unearth 2,500-year-old temple of... by KMag on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:24AM (#25701046)

I'm not Armenian or Turkish, but...

Presumably admitting that the relocation was not done for reasonable reasons and that the deaths were intentional would be a start. Also, re-burying the architect of the genocide outside of a place of honor in the national cemetery would be a good gesture toward reconciliation.

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