CHP DEPUTY FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OVER ERDOgAN’S REMARKS ON ARMENIANS
Cihan News Agency, Turkey
Aug 6 2014
ANKARA – 06.08.2014 14:34:37
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy HurÃ…~_it GuneÃ…~_
appealed to Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to file a criminal
complaint Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who sparked an outrage
by saying he was “even worse, called an Armenian”.
Speaking during a TV program on Tuesday evening, Erdogan said:
“I was called a Georgian. I apologize for this, but they even said
[something] worse: They called me an Armenian,” Erdogan said, adding,
“But I’m a Turk.”
After the application GuneÃ…~_ spoke to the reporters saying that
there are various minorities in Turkey. “There are Armenian people
in Turkey. These are our people. Being an Armenian is not a mean
situation. It is an equal situation. We have lived with Armenians
friendly throughout the history,” said GuneÃ…~_.
He also reminded that Erdogan uttered insulting remarks on Greek
people in 2011.
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