16:28, 26 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. The deputy of the sole Kurdish Party of the Turkish Parliament, “Peace and Democracy”, Ertuğrul Kürkçü delivered a speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which marked the 98th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, and laid a heavy emphasis on their determination to unfold the historical realities. As reports “Armenpress” Turkish Demokrathaber.net stated this.
Among other things the Kurdish MP tried to draw the attention on the fact that on the order of ruling party “İttihad ve Terakki” 240 Armenian intellectuals, including deputies of the Parliament, were arrested without questioning on April 24, 1915 and 2, 345, 761 Armenians were exiled. Notwithstanding the party was not condemned for those deeds.