YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. The Yazidi community of Armenia condemns the Turkish government’s denialist policy.

President of the Yazidi Union of Armenia Aziz Tamoyan told Armenpress in the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on April 24 that in the early 20th century Turkey committed a genocide at a state level against ethnic minorities, Armenians, Assyrians, Yazidis, Greeks and it still continues to deny that fact.

“Turks insist that they didn’t commit the genocide, but the reality is different. I call on the international community, the UN, the European Union to be engaged more seriously in this issue. They speak about human rights and they must be able to settle this issue. This is their work, but today each initiative of these structures remains only on the paper”, Tamoyan said.

“What is happening today against the Yazidis, can happen also against other people in the future. These terrorist groups must be eliminated. They are an evil for humanity. Turkey is also an evil for humanity since this country is the main reason of what is happening now. If Turkey have recognized the Armenian Genocide, I think such events would not happen”, he said, adding that Turkey not only doesn’t recognize the Armenian Genocide, but also continues its dirty policy.

The Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized and acknowledged by eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions and the decisions of numerous states and international organizations.

There are numerous documents considering the massacres of the Armenian people as a pre-planned and thoroughly implemented act of genocide. Organizations like the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, a number of UN Committees, the World Council of Churches, MERCOSUR parliament and others acknowledged the Armenian Genocide.

Many countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide: Uruguay is the first country that acknowledged the Genocide in 1965. The following countries have condemned and recognized the massacre of Armenians as a genocide based on international law: 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, Australia’s state of New South Wales, 45 US states.