BUNDESTAG DELEGATE OF TURKISH ORIGIN ACKNOWLEDGES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Armenpress
Jan 16 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, ARMENPRESS: A German Bundestag member of Turkish
origin from the left PDS party has signed under a party resolution
recognizing effectively the Armenian genocide planned and carried
out by the government of Turkey between 1915-1923.
The Turkish Anatolia news agency said the delegate, Hakr Keskin,
was until lately a staunch denier of the Armenian genocide. It says
Keskin declared publicly during the party’s conference in Bremen that
the mass annihilation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were genocide.
Anatolia news agency quoted another German Bundestag member of
Turkish descent, Sevim Dagdelen as saying it was not clear whether
Keskin would revise his ties with Taleat Pasha party of Rauf Denktas,
a former president of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus whose support he used to enjoy.