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ASBAREZ KURDISH LEADER APOLOGIZES TO ARMENIANS FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND CALLS ON TURKISH LEADERSHIP TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/02/05/genocide/
An influential Kurdish leader in Turkey, in an interview published
on Sunday, acknowledged the Kurds' role in the Armenian Genocide
and apologized to the Armenians on behalf of the Kurdish people,
the Asbarez Newspaper reports.
"Turkish parliament member and the vice-president of the pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Congress Ahmet Turk said that in 1915 the Kurdish
people had a large role in the torture and massacre of Armenians,
Assyrians and Yezidis and, he as a Kurd, apologized to the Armenian
people on behalf of all Kurds," the article reads.
Turk, who is also a mediator of talks between the Turkish government
and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan,
urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to follow suit and
recognize the Gencoide. He explained that the Kurdish population was
used to commit the crimes against Armenians in 1915.
"Our grandfathers and fathers were used in the injustices perpetrated
against Armenians, Assyrians and Yezidis. There's blood on their
hands. With the blood of these peoples they bloodied their own
hands. Thus, as their children and grandchildren, we apologize,"
said Ahmet Turk.
According to him the Kurds did commit those crimes, but they committed
them against their will. "The Turkish government, instead of denying
it, must also apologizeâ?¦ There is a need for fundamental change
here,?? Turk said.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/02/05/genocide/
An influential Kurdish leader in Turkey, in an interview published
on Sunday, acknowledged the Kurds' role in the Armenian Genocide
and apologized to the Armenians on behalf of the Kurdish people,
the Asbarez Newspaper reports.
"Turkish parliament member and the vice-president of the pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Congress Ahmet Turk said that in 1915 the Kurdish
people had a large role in the torture and massacre of Armenians,
Assyrians and Yezidis and, he as a Kurd, apologized to the Armenian
people on behalf of all Kurds," the article reads.
Turk, who is also a mediator of talks between the Turkish government
and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan,
urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to follow suit and
recognize the Gencoide. He explained that the Kurdish population was
used to commit the crimes against Armenians in 1915.
"Our grandfathers and fathers were used in the injustices perpetrated
against Armenians, Assyrians and Yezidis. There's blood on their
hands. With the blood of these peoples they bloodied their own
hands. Thus, as their children and grandchildren, we apologize,"
said Ahmet Turk.
According to him the Kurds did commit those crimes, but they committed
them against their will. "The Turkish government, instead of denying
it, must also apologizeâ?¦ There is a need for fundamental change
here,?? Turk said.
From: Baghdasarian