TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RECEIVES COMPLAINT ON ERDOGAN’S DEPORTATION THREATS
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12:37 * 23.03.10
Representatives from Turkey’s People’s Democratic Party have sent
an official letter to the Human Rights Committee in Turkey’s Grand
National Assembly in relation to a statement by Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoðan that he would deport illegal Armenian migrants
from Turkey if need be, reports local Turkish paper Radikal.
The letter, in part, reads:
"The 100,000 Armenians under discussion, most of whom are women and
children, have entered our country through legal or illegal means.
Tens of thousands of them have entered Turkey while the Justice and
Development Party has been in power.
"For that reason, their staying in the country illegally has been
ignored. Instead of prompting a diplomatic fight against Armenia and
the Armenian Diaspora on the Armenian Genocide assertions, the prime
minister is attempting to achieve something by threatening to deport
100,000 Armenians from Turkey who are in the country and are perhaps
hostages, which runs counter to the principles of human rights.
"For that reason we demand confirmation that the prime minister’s
statements on and his approach toward Armenians working illegally in
our country violate human rights principles."