In case if a verdict of guilty is brought towards Doğu Perinçek, he will become the first person convicted by Swiss anti-racist law for denying the Armenian Genocide.
The New York Sun: Turks do not deny that they have organized a military campaign against Armenians in 1915-1917, aimed at extermination of a whole race, and on the way of deportations thousands of Armenians killed.
Authorities began the process of privatization of land under the construction and payment of compensations to people who live along the way of construction.
Vartan Oskanian: "When topics of interest for Armenia are being discussed, we cannot remain as a government indifferent, particularly in light of Turkish lobbying at a government level."