15:38 19/03/2010

Turkish deputy: There is no enough background for perception and implementation of democratic values in Turkey

The scandalous statement made by Turkish PM Erdogan over deporting Armenians continues to be condemned in Turkey. So did Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Istanbul deputy Ufuk Uras. The deputy highlighted there is no enough background for perception and implementation of democratic values in Turkey yet, according to Turkish Cumhuriyet. He qualified Erdogan’s statement on deporting Armenians as a statement with the implication of resettlement made in the 21st ...

12:49 19/03/2010

Abdullah Gul to withstand Erdogan’s statement of 100 thousand Armenians

Turkey ’s Abdullah Gul answered to reporters’ questions on his flight back to Turkey from Congo and Cameroon travels. Turkish President referred to the Armenian issue as well. According to Turkish Zaman Abdullah Gul was asked whether he’s determined to have another telconversation with U.S. Barack Obama. Reminding that before the U.S. House of Representatives adopted the Armenian Genocide Resolution he had had a conversation with Obama. ...

11:52 19/03/2010

Armenian village located in Turkey to condemn Erdogan’s statement

Turkish PM Tayip Erdogan’s statement on expelling Armenians having illegal status in Turkey has been critically interpreted by a single Armenian village of Vaqifly. Turkish Hurriyet reported that the head of the rural community Perch Qartun assessed Erdogan’s threatening statement unsuccessful and immoral. It’s worth reminding that the village is the only Armenian village located at the foot of Mussa mount. Yet in 1915 there were about 100 Armenian villages. There is ...

17:34 18/03/2010

Azerbaijan: Eynula Fatullayev receives death threats against family

The detained co-founder and editor-in-chief of the newspapers Gundalik Azerbaijan and Realny Azerbaijan Eynula Fatullayev received family death threats, his father Emin Fatullayev told Azadlig radio. “An unknown threatened my son on phone yesterday 12:30 am urging neither me nor my son to speak any more, otherwise this would have a bad end for our family. The voice said there is a threat to my son and the whole family, they will kill all of us,” Fatullayev said.  

12:41 18/03/2010

Turkish EU Minister: I do not want to deny that the Armenians went through very difficult times ...

Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis referred to the issues related to Armenia and Armenians in his interview with German “Der Spiegel”. Hurriyet issued some parts of the interview and those we will present herewith: - Mr. Bagis, why does Turkey still need a minister for European Union affairs? Isn't Europe a dead issue in your country? - Absolutely not. My government is investing more energy in the reform process than any other ...

11:29 18/03/2010

Deniz Baykal criticized Erdogan for making inhumane statements

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader   Deniz Baykal criticized Turkish PM Erdogan’s statement to expel Armenians living illegally in Turkey, Turkish media reported. It’s worth reminding that Turkish PM told BBC while paying visit to the UK.   Baykal said: “Using one thing to solve another one isn’t honestly done, it’s unacceptable and against humanity.” 

18:14 17/03/2010

Erdogan to be sued in Turkey over threats to deport Armenians

Referring to Erdogan’s statement in London over deporting 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey, Turkey’s former Minister of Labor and Social Security Yasar Okuyan assessed the deed as criminal, as a confession of a crime to be investigated into by the Supreme Court, Anka reported. “These statements bring about serious political confrontations. At the protocol signing period the PM commented on the Armenian-Turkish normalization process from the humanistic point of view. ...

15:22 17/03/2010

Erdogan threatens to expel illegal Armenians

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expel thousands of illegal Armenians workers amid tensions over allegations that Armenians were victims of genocide under the Ottoman Empire. Resolutions voted recently in the United States and Sweden to brand the World War I killings as "genocide" undermined peace efforts with Armenia, Erdogan said, according to excerpts from an interview with the BBC Turkish service published on the BBC website. ...

14:03 17/03/2010

Erdogan voices hope UK House of Commons will not pass Armenian Genocide Resolution

Prior to and following the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to London, Turkish media has been raising that Erdogan’s planning to make efforts to prevent the endorsement of the Armenian Genocide Resolution by the UK House of Commons. In his address at the Turkish-English business forum Erdogan expressed his concerns over the possibility of 1915 events to be recognized as genocide by the British legislative body. “We have always pointed out the scientific and ...