But memories of atrocity never seem to fade, as the government-fanned anti-Japanese riots now taking place in China remind us. The 90th anniversary of the Armenian massacres of 1915, ordered by the ruling Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire and carried out with the help of the Kurds, is another wound that will not heal, but one that must be treated if Turkey’s progress toward European Union membership is to proceed smoothly.
终于，所有的战争都结束了。但是，当下在中国发生的政府煽动的反日骚乱提醒我们，留在记忆中的暴行场面永远不会褪去。1915年，由当时统治的土耳其奥斯曼帝国青年土耳其党人下令、库尔德人协助的亚美尼亚大屠杀今年正逢90周年纪念，这是另外一个永远不会弥合的伤痕，如果土耳其加入欧盟之路要顺利坦荡的话，那么就必须治愈这个伤痕。