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ABDEM: ANYONE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE NOTION OF "TURKISH TRIBE" CONSIDERED AN ENEMY IN TURKEY
16:47 22.04.2014
Alisa Gevorgyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Members of the European Peace and Democracy Assembly (Avrupa BarıÅ~_
ve Demokrasi Meclisi - ABDEM) will visit the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial
on April 24 to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide
victims.
"It's our pain and shame that we have been silent and have failed
to respond to the denial of the Armenian Genocide both in Turkey
and around the world. On April 24 at the Genocide Memorial we should
demand from the Turkish government to recognize the Armenian Genocide
and assume the whole burden of responsibility. We demand justice for
all victims of the Genocide," ABDEM members told reporters in Yerevan.
"We are here to share the pain of the Armenian nation and support
it in the struggle for justice. Turkey should face its history and
recognize the Armenian Genocide. Otherwise, the democratic perspective
of Turkey will never become a reality," President of the organization,
member of the Kurdish liberation movement Rozhda Yuldirim said.
The European Peace and Democracy Assembly (ABDEM) was founded in
Brussels in 2013. It has more than one million members in different
countries of the world. Among them there are Kurds, Greeks,
Circassians, Alawites, Assyrians and Armenians - representatives
of the nations subjected to Turkey's policy of racist pressure and
annihilation that have become a minority in the country over time.
According to the members of the Assembly, the nations that suffered
from genocide are considered "suspicious foreigners" among the Turkish
society. Kurds are seen as a threat to the territorial integrity of
the Republic of Turkey, and Alawites are considered a "perversion"
in Sunni Islam. There are different reasons for those not complying
with the notion of the "Turkish tribe" to be considered enemies in
the country.
"Alawites comprise 1/3 of the 75 million population of Turkey, about
25 thousand Alawites live in the country, and about 1.5 million live
in Europe. We recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide and demand
that Turkey accept its crime. It should fulfill all requirements
Armenians will present as compensation," representatives of Turkey's
Alawite community Alekbaf Pektash said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/22/abdem-anyone-not-complying-with-the-notion-of-turkish-tribe-is-considered-an-enemy-in-turkey/
16:47 22.04.2014
Alisa Gevorgyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Members of the European Peace and Democracy Assembly (Avrupa BarıÅ~_
ve Demokrasi Meclisi - ABDEM) will visit the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial
on April 24 to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide
victims.
"It's our pain and shame that we have been silent and have failed
to respond to the denial of the Armenian Genocide both in Turkey
and around the world. On April 24 at the Genocide Memorial we should
demand from the Turkish government to recognize the Armenian Genocide
and assume the whole burden of responsibility. We demand justice for
all victims of the Genocide," ABDEM members told reporters in Yerevan.
"We are here to share the pain of the Armenian nation and support
it in the struggle for justice. Turkey should face its history and
recognize the Armenian Genocide. Otherwise, the democratic perspective
of Turkey will never become a reality," President of the organization,
member of the Kurdish liberation movement Rozhda Yuldirim said.
The European Peace and Democracy Assembly (ABDEM) was founded in
Brussels in 2013. It has more than one million members in different
countries of the world. Among them there are Kurds, Greeks,
Circassians, Alawites, Assyrians and Armenians - representatives
of the nations subjected to Turkey's policy of racist pressure and
annihilation that have become a minority in the country over time.
According to the members of the Assembly, the nations that suffered
from genocide are considered "suspicious foreigners" among the Turkish
society. Kurds are seen as a threat to the territorial integrity of
the Republic of Turkey, and Alawites are considered a "perversion"
in Sunni Islam. There are different reasons for those not complying
with the notion of the "Turkish tribe" to be considered enemies in
the country.
"Alawites comprise 1/3 of the 75 million population of Turkey, about
25 thousand Alawites live in the country, and about 1.5 million live
in Europe. We recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide and demand
that Turkey accept its crime. It should fulfill all requirements
Armenians will present as compensation," representatives of Turkey's
Alawite community Alekbaf Pektash said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/22/abdem-anyone-not-complying-with-the-notion-of-turkish-tribe-is-considered-an-enemy-in-turkey/