JAILED KURDISH POLITICIAN CALLS FOR REVISING 1915 CHAPTER
13:59 * 23.05.14
A Kurdish politician serving time in Turkey’s Diyarbekir prison has
called upon his nation to revisit history.
In an interview with the Turkish Al Jazeera, Hatip Dicle spoke of the
Kurdish issue, addressing, among other things, the Armenian Genocide
and the Kurds’ role in the massacres.
“Like any other nation, the Kurds, too have chapters in history,
which need to be revisited. We, the Kurdish political figures and
intellectuals, do not avoid confronting or even condemning that past.
In 1915, some Kurds were involved in the massacres together with the
state to own the Armenians’ property,” he said.
Dicle admitted that most Kurds had Armenian mothers and grandmothers
who had been married off after being kidnapped. “Their grief is also
our grief,” he added.
Armenian News – Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
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