The Turkish parliament’s pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chair Gultan Kisanak severely criticized the recent attacks that were carried out against elderly Armenian women in Istanbul’s densely-Armenian-populated Samatya neighborhood.

She recalled that five Armenian women were assaulted in the past 1.5 months, and one of these attacks had ended tragically, Evrensel daily of Turkey reports.

“During the assault against the 84-year-old Armenian woman, there was money on the table but they did not take it; this proves yet again that the attacks are carried out on grounds of racial hatred.

We know very well how the Armenians in this country were eradicated, subjected to massacres. We know about the still-bleeding wounds of Turkey’s recent past.

The attacks against Armenians are continuing systematically in the past 1.5 months, but neither the police nor the authorities are giving explanations; this is the embarrassment of this country.

We stand with our Armenian citizens. We will never leave them alone,” Kisanak stated.