Turkey cannot close ears, when world is shouting: Turkish human rights defender

YEREVAN, 23 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish human rights defender recognizes the Armenian Genocide and urges his State to apologize to the Armenians. He is confident that the Armenian Genocide is not only a problem of the politics or human rights, but also a general problem.

During a press conference, the Turkish human rights defender Yusuf Alatas, who is member of the Executive Board of the International Federation for Human Rights and Human Rights Association in Turkey, announced, that his state must not call the Genocide perpetrators a hero, but condemn them.

"I share the pain of the Armenians and respect the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims. Our organizations and Fund have recognized the Genocide long time ago and work in that direction, so that the state also could follow our step. Turkey and the international community must recognize the Armenian Genocide, to prevent such acts in the future. The organizers of the massacres of the Armenians should not be heroized, but condemned," as “Armenpress” reports, Alatas ubderscored.