The Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission was made in 2001 to help Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 be closer. The main goal was to make the governments more active.

In February 2002 an independent legal opinion commissioned by the International Center for Transitional Justice

International Center for Transitional Justice

The International Center for Transitional Justice was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to pursuing accountability for mass atrocity and human rights abuse through transitional justice mechanisms.-Mission statement:...

, at the request of Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission, concluded that the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in 1915–1918 "include[d] all of the elements of the crime of genocide as defined in the [Genocide] Convention, and legal scholars as well as historians, politicians, journalists and other people would be justified in continuing to so describe them".

Members

• Gunduz Aktan (Ankara) - resigned June 2003
• Alexander Arzoumanian (Yerevan)
• Ustun Erguder (Istanbul)
• Sadi Erguvenc (Istanbul) - resigned June 2003
• David Hovhannissian (Yerevan)
• Van Krikorian (New York)
• Andranik Migranian (Moscow)
• Ozdem Sanberk (Istanbul) - resigned June 2003
• Ilter Turkmen (Istanbul)
• Vamik Volkan (Charlottesville)

Newer Members (2003-2004)

• Emin Mahir Balcioglu (Geneva)
• Ahmet Evin (Istanbul)
• Ersin Kalaycioglu (Istanbul)
• Sule Kut (Istanbul)
• Ilter Turan (Istanbul)