Demirtaş: We remember all victims of the Genocide of 1915

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chairman of thepro-Kurdish Peoples'Democratic Party of Turkey assessed the events of 1915 as genocide in his speech delivered in Izmir.

“Today we commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The Armenians want to prove that they were killed on this soil and that they used to live here. Events of 1915 are a real arena for resistance in this country, and we all must stand with the Armenian living on this soil. Equality must be established here. We remember all the Armenians that fell victim to the 1915 genocide”, “Armenpress” reports, citing haber07.com.tr, Demirtaş announced.

In 2014 Demirtaş had announced that if he was elected as the President of Turkey in 2014, he would recognize the Armenian Genocide.