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KURDISH LEADER APOLOGIZES FOR ROLE IN GENOCIDE
http://asbarez.com/108106/kurdish-leader-apologizes-for-role-in-genocide/
Monday, February 4th, 2013
Kurdish leader Ahmet Turk
ISTANBUL (Marmara)-An influential Kurdish leader in Turkey, in an
interview published on Sunday, acknowledged the Kurds' role in the
Armenian Genocide and apologized to the Armenians on behalf of the
Kurdish people.
Turkish parliament member and the vice-president of the pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Congress Ahmet Turk said that in 1915 the Kurdish
people had a large role in the torture and massacre of Armenians,
Assyrians and Yezidis and, he as a Kurd, apologized to the Armenian
people on behalf of all Kurds.
In the interview, Turk, who is also a mediator of talks between the
Turkish government and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imprisoned
leader Abdullah Ocalan, urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan to follow suit and recognize the Gencoide.
He explained that the Kurdish population was used to commit the crimes
against Armenians in 1915.
"Our grandfathers and fathers were used in the injustices perpetrated
against Armenians, Assyrians and Yezidis. There's blood on their
hands. With the blood of these peoples they bloodied their own hands.
Thus, as their children and grandchildren, we apologize," said Turk.
"We, as Kurds, say that we did commit these crimes, but we committed
them against our will," added Turk.
"The Turkish government, instead of denying it, must also apologize...
There is a need for fundamental change here," said Turk.
On a related note, the owner of one of the largest corporations in
Turkey Itzak Alaton urged the Turkish Socio-Economic Research Center
to pursue the Turkish recognition of the Armenian Gencoide.
"April 24, 1915 is around the corner. Let's change our denialist
policies. I am tired of the fear to face our past. Let's raise our
voices to our deputies in Ankara and those deputies should raise their
voices to their political parties and leader in order for us to open
our skeleton-filled closets," said Alaton, who runs the Alarco
Corporation in Turkey.
http://asbarez.com/108106/kurdish-leader-apologizes-for-role-in-genocide/
Monday, February 4th, 2013
Kurdish leader Ahmet Turk
ISTANBUL (Marmara)-An influential Kurdish leader in Turkey, in an
interview published on Sunday, acknowledged the Kurds' role in the
Armenian Genocide and apologized to the Armenians on behalf of the
Kurdish people.
Turkish parliament member and the vice-president of the pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Congress Ahmet Turk said that in 1915 the Kurdish
people had a large role in the torture and massacre of Armenians,
Assyrians and Yezidis and, he as a Kurd, apologized to the Armenian
people on behalf of all Kurds.
In the interview, Turk, who is also a mediator of talks between the
Turkish government and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imprisoned
leader Abdullah Ocalan, urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan to follow suit and recognize the Gencoide.
He explained that the Kurdish population was used to commit the crimes
against Armenians in 1915.
"Our grandfathers and fathers were used in the injustices perpetrated
against Armenians, Assyrians and Yezidis. There's blood on their
hands. With the blood of these peoples they bloodied their own hands.
Thus, as their children and grandchildren, we apologize," said Turk.
"We, as Kurds, say that we did commit these crimes, but we committed
them against our will," added Turk.
"The Turkish government, instead of denying it, must also apologize...
There is a need for fundamental change here," said Turk.
On a related note, the owner of one of the largest corporations in
Turkey Itzak Alaton urged the Turkish Socio-Economic Research Center
to pursue the Turkish recognition of the Armenian Gencoide.
"April 24, 1915 is around the corner. Let's change our denialist
policies. I am tired of the fear to face our past. Let's raise our
voices to our deputies in Ankara and those deputies should raise their
voices to their political parties and leader in order for us to open
our skeleton-filled closets," said Alaton, who runs the Alarco
Corporation in Turkey.