Turkish city Mayor apologizes for Genocide: reportDecember 17, 2014 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Mayor of Turkish city of Mardin, Ahmet Turk, an ethnic Kurd, has apologized to the Armenians, Assyrians and Yazidis the involvement of some Kurdish tribes with the perpetrators of the 1915 Genocide, Panorama.am reports citing Turkish sources. Addressing an event in Stockholm, Turk said that Armenians, Assyrians and Yazidis are the real masters of Kurdistan, which belongs to these peoples just as much as it belongs to the Kurds. He also said that the liberation struggle of the Kurdish people, which has been going on for more than 30 years, is the liberation struggle of not only the Kurds, but also all peoples in the Middle East. In late November, the Istanbul deputy of Kurdish Democratic Society Party Sebahat Tuncel submitted a document to the parliament urging President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to apologize for the Armenian Genocide on behalf of Turkey. The parliamentarian also called Erdogan to apologize for the mid-20th century Kurdish massacres in Dersim, Marash, Sivas and Corum. The President is urged to offer apologies from a parliamentary tribune, to be followed by mourning events at one of the massacre sites. Further, according to the document, Turkey's state archives should be disclosed, April 24 announced as a remembrance day, with moral and material damages compensated to Armenians. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |