TURKISH WOMEN MPS SEND LETTER TO DUTCH MP
Turkish Press
Oct 25 2006
ANKARA – Women parliamentarians from ruling Justice & Development
Party (AKP) sent a letter to Dutch MP Tineke Huizinga Heringa, who
submitted a resolution to the Dutch House of Representatives asking
for imprisonment and fine for those who deny the allegations about
the so-called Armenian genocide.
AKP MPs Zeynep Karahan Uslu, Nuket Hotar Goksel, Semiha Oyus, Fatma
Sahin, Ayhan Zeynep Boru, Gulseren Topuz, Halide Incekara, Remziye
Oztoprak also sent a book by Turkish History Society Chairman Prof.
Dr. Yusuf Hallacoglu named "Facts on the Relocation of Armenians".
In their letter, Turkish women parliamentarians said, "no genocide
was carried out during our history," and recalled that Turkey has
opened its archives to all historians and researchers.
Turkish MPs stated that this resolution will serve the intentions of
the Armenian diaspora to harm Turkey’s EU membership bid, noting that
this was a campaign based on defamation, slander and lies.
"We hope that you will withdraw this resolution," they added.
-JOINT STATEMENT OF MPS-
On the other hand, the same parliamentarians released a joint statement
in which they reacted to the French parliamentarians who will debate
a similar resolution tomorrow.
The joint statement said that these are wrong and one-sided
allegations, and pointed out that this issue should be debated by
historians.
Noting that Turkish nation has never committed a crime against humanity
like genocide, the joint statement said, "we condemn France for its
unjust and unfounded initiatives aiming to hurt Turkish people deeply."