YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. The latest constitutional changes in Turkey showed that Erdogan’s sultanate period is continuing and for the Turkish public the gap of reconciling with its own history is deepening, Parliament’s Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.

According to him, Turkey has taken the path of deepening denialism even more, and distanced itself from the path of reconciling with its own history.

“Today it is blurred to speak with such neighbor in the language of reconciliation and expect that the Erdogan administration can recognize the Armenian Genocide. It is difficult to expect that this country’s administration can be so courageous and reconcile with its own history. But in spite of this, we see that the countries, scholars, and generally difference people, who recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide are increasing for the protection of human rights”, Sharmazanov said.

He mentioned that sooner or later the Armenian Genocide must be finally recognized, because there is no other way.

Those who condemn are fighters for light, while those who deny are for the shadows.

The Armenian people, top officials and visiting foreigners pay tribute to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide on April 24, in the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.

The Armenian Genocide, committed by the Ottoman government, has been substantiated, recognized and confirmed by eyewitness accounts, laws, resolutions and decisions of numerous states and international organizations.

The full range of documents which label the massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as an act of premeditated genocide is huge.

Organization like the European Council, the European Parliament, several UN committees, the World Council of Churches, the Parliament of MERCOSUR and others have recognized the Armenian Genocide.

Many countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide – the first country to officially recognize it was Uruguay, in 1965.

The following countries have officially recognized and condemned the massacres of the Armenian people as an act of genocide, according to international rights – France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions), Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, Vatican, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, New South Wales of Australia and 45 states of the US.