YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker of Armenian descent Garo Paylan released a statement on the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

“102 years have passed since the Mets Eghern, however there still hasn’t been confrontation with the big human crime perpetrated on this lands – the Armenian Genocide.

Facing the genocide, the past and reality will only contribute to ensuring public peace in our country. Let’s not forget that any crime which remains unpunished will become the reason for its repetition. And continues to become….

Let us all together oppose this written denial history. Let’s ensure the disclosure of the truth. Let’s get healed.

I commemorate the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.

May their souls rest in peace”, Paylan said in the statement.

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, Paraguay, Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions), Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, Vatican, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, New South Wales of Australia and 45 states of the US.