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Nov 23 2012
Turkish MP: Armenia's allegations about `genocide' is falsification of history
Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 23 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
To refer to the events of 1915 in Turkey as "Armenian genocide" means
falsifying history because these statements are wrong, member of the
Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party Ercan Candan said today.
He made this statement at the seventh General Assembly of the
International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Baku.
While expressing his views to the statement of Armenian party
'Heritage' leader, former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhannisyan, also
involved in the ICAPP General Assembly, Candan recalled that at the
beginning of the last century his country was faced with the
intervention of four European countries.
Despite the fact that up to then the Armenians in Turkey lived
peacefully with the Turks, they began to carry out separatist
activities while taking advantage of the intervention, Candan said.
"We gained a victory over the aggressors, but did not expel Armenians
from Turkey. They left the country on their own accord," Candan said.
"The Armenian president says that they liberated Karabakh. At present,
they are going to liberate Ararat. He was making this statement whilst
addressing young people. Let's see who is telling the truth and who is
lying. These are baseless statements and I consider them as another
lie against Turkey."
In his statement at the General Assembly, Hovhannisyan stated that
Turks committed the biggest 'genocide' against the Armenians.
Nov 23 2012
Turkish MP: Armenia's allegations about `genocide' is falsification of history
Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 23 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
To refer to the events of 1915 in Turkey as "Armenian genocide" means
falsifying history because these statements are wrong, member of the
Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party Ercan Candan said today.
He made this statement at the seventh General Assembly of the
International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Baku.
While expressing his views to the statement of Armenian party
'Heritage' leader, former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhannisyan, also
involved in the ICAPP General Assembly, Candan recalled that at the
beginning of the last century his country was faced with the
intervention of four European countries.
Despite the fact that up to then the Armenians in Turkey lived
peacefully with the Turks, they began to carry out separatist
activities while taking advantage of the intervention, Candan said.
"We gained a victory over the aggressors, but did not expel Armenians
from Turkey. They left the country on their own accord," Candan said.
"The Armenian president says that they liberated Karabakh. At present,
they are going to liberate Ararat. He was making this statement whilst
addressing young people. Let's see who is telling the truth and who is
lying. These are baseless statements and I consider them as another
lie against Turkey."
In his statement at the General Assembly, Hovhannisyan stated that
Turks committed the biggest 'genocide' against the Armenians.