YEREVAN, 28 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Istanbul-Armenian Etyen Mahçupyan, who is recently standing out with his anti-Armenian statements, has declared that he considers the events of 1915 as Genocide. As “Armenpress” reports, citing the Turkish Haberler.com, this is whatMahçupyan talked about during a roundtable discussion on “Understanding Change: The Era of JDP in Turkey” in London.

He reiterated the statement that he had made in Belgium, stating that even though he is Armenian, he considers himself an Ottoman. “As I said yesterday, I feel more like an Ottoman than an Armenian. I am not a nationalist, but I use the term “Armenian Genocide” when touching upon the topic of the genocide of 1915. I believe what happened was genocide since there is a clear formulation of genocide, and what happened falls in line with that formulation. If you change the formulation, the events may not be considered as genocide. Many people might not understand me. Genocide is not a historical formulation, but a legal term,” Mahçupyan mentioned.

On 27 March, Turkish presses reported that the Senior Advisor to Turkey’s Prime Minister had said he did not care if the Armenians referred to him as a “traitor”. “After all, each Armenian has a different view. It’s very likely that there are Armenians who refer to me as a “traitor”, but that does not matter,” he added.