Garo Paylan demands Turkish Parliament to investigate 1915 murders of Armenian MPs

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Member of Parliament of the Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan submitted a petition to the Turkish Parliament demanding the investigation of the 1915 murders of Armenian MPs. As “Armenpress” reports, Paylan announced this from the Parliament’s podium.

He greeted everyone with Armenian “Barev”, and started his speech by describing the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century. He noted that during that period, 1 out 5 was Armenian in the country.

During that time, Armenians also were represented in the Parliament. He spoke about the Armenian MPs of the Turkish Parliament, described that they were arrested in 1915 and murdered in various places. He said that he demands to investigate who and why gave the order to arrest and murder the Armenian MPs. Paylan also demanded to locate their corpses and properly bury them.

He displayed photos of the MPs and voiced their names to the Parliament.