AZG Armenian Daily #191, 07/10/2006
Turkey
TURKISH CANDIDATE TO DUTCH PARLIAMENT FORCED TO
RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Nebahat Albayrak, in second position on the list of
the main opposition Labor Party (PvdA) candidates, has
recognized the Armenian Genocide, Zaman daily reports.
After the main Dutch parties removed three Turkish
candidates from their electoral lists, Albayrak said
she backed the parliamentary motion describing the
deaths as genocide, in an interview with the analysis
magazine HP/De Tijd, adding that the form of its
occurrence needs to be investigated.
Albayrak, who has served in the parliament since 1998,
in her previous statements said the jurists would
determine the use of "genocide" in response to the
Armenian Diaspora’s claims, and avoided using the
definition in her interviews.
Meanwhile, Turkish candidates Ayhan Tonca, Osman
Elmaci (CDA) and Erdinc Sacan (PvdA) were removed from
the election list for the general elections.