write a paragraph that describes why it was important for turkey to have this 2005 conference when turkey stated it views about the Armenian genocide of 1950, both socially and politically.

Turkey long denied the occurance of the Armenian Genocide, and repressed any discussion on the matter. With Turkey intending to (at the time) join the EU and strengthen ties with Europe, it proved important to both discuss the horrors of the genocide, and provide a platform for free speech. While this platform was tarnished somewhat by the government's persistant denial of crimes (and the actions of Ergodan himself), it was nonetheless influential.

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china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.