Garo Paylan files lawsuit against “Best Armenian is Dead Armenian” Turkish nationalist propaganda

YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS. Armenian MP of the Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan filed a lawsuit against the Turkish Nationalist “Idealists centers” (Ülkü ocakları) organization.

Immediately after the Bundestag vote on recognizing the Armenian Genocide, members of the organization rallied outside the German consulate in Istanbul. The nationalists waved the flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey and shouted:”The best Armenian is a dead Armenian”.

“Similar calls are hate crimes carried out publicly, are obvious threats against Armenians. I have filed a lawsuit in Istanbul’s Republican Prosecutor’s Office against this hate crime and threats”, Paylan said.