VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN: TURKEY HASN’T CHANGED OVER PAST 95 YEARS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.03.2010 13:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister’s statements prove that
Turkey hasn’t changed over the past 95 years, so Armenians residing
there are in serious danger, ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group
leader Vahan Hovhannisyan stated.
As he told a news conference in Yerevan, Armenian residents of Turkey
have to immediately leave the country. "Nationalistic element might
signal the beginning of anti-Armenian activities. Though Armenian
Foreign Minister responded to the statement, still there’s a certain
nuance: current Armenian community of Istanbul can’t be compared with
Armenian population of 1915, as, back then they were not migrants, but
lived on their own land where Turks were newcomers," Mr. Hovhannisyan
emphasized.
RPA parliamentary group leader Galust Sahakyan, in turn, noted that
the figure of 100 000 illegal Armenian migrants, indicated in the
statement, is an obvious exaggeration. "Erdogan’s statement proves
Turkey still goes unpunished. In contrast to 1915, when it secretly
planned the Armenian Genocide, now it acts blatantly and openly,"
Sahakyan said.
According to Prosperous Armenia party secretary Aram Safaryan,
"Armenia did not send illegal workers to Turkey, so giving advice
on the issue is outside Armenia’s competence." "At the same time,
I’d like to emphasize that according to official data of Turkish
sociological centers, there are only about 15 000 Armenian illegal
migrants in Turkey," he noted.