October 11, 2005 - 15:21 AMT
EP Representatives Urge Turkey To Recognize Armenian Genocide
Members of the European Parliament Human Rights Subcommittee led by Helene Flautre last week paid a visit to the Turkish Parliament. During the meeting, delegation members urged Ankara to recognize the Armenian Genocide and consider the issue of education in Kurdish. Polish members of the delegation noted that Poland had to acknowledge its part in the Jewish holocaust and asked when Turkey would face up to its own history. Afterwards, Ozlem Cercioglu said, "There were losses on both sides during the war." "Although Turkey has opened up all of its archives, Armenia still refuses to open theirs," Cercioglu added, reported the Yerkir.