YEREVAN, OCTOBER 1, ARMENPRESS. During a conference in Washington, Turkey’s lawmaker, member of the People’s Democratic Party, ethnic Armenian Garo Paylan delivered remarks about the Armenian Genocide and the current situation in Turkey.

“In order to understand the current situation of Turkey once must return to the beginning of the previous century – the situation prior to the Armenian Genocide. In the past, Armenians comprised 20 percent of Turkey’s population; today we are less than 0.1 percent. We survived genocide, and I was born in a family which survived genocide”, he said.

He drew similarities between the Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s current actions against the Kurds.

“100 years ago Armenians were being exterminated, and the same inhumane ideology has turned on Kurds and all democrats. As result, today Erdogan is making accusations to all those who criticize him and calls them “terrorist”. According to Erdogan, he will continue that war until every terrorist is eliminated. For this reason 30-40 people die every day”, he said.