Turkish Daily News
Oct 7 2006
Diplomacy Newsline
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Report: Turkish-Dutch MP admits existence of ‘genocide’:
ANK – Turkish Daily News
As a heated debate on the pressure that is being applied by the two
largest political parties in the Netherlands on candidates of Turkish
origin concerning an alleged Armenian genocide is still on the
agenda, a member of the Dutch parliament of Turkish origin has
reportedly admitted the existence of "genocide."
While the public, government figures and diplomats in Turkey have
expressed disappointment and anger over the fact that three
Turkish-Dutch candidates for parliament were bumped off the electoral
lists for refusing to acknowledge the alleged Armenian genocide,
Nebahat Albayrak of the Labor Party, said in an interview she
"accepted that a genocide took place," the CNN-Turk’s Web site
reported yesterday.
"But I’m also of the opinion that the way this took place should
also be researched," she was quoted as saying by the channel.
The two largest Dutch political parties recently removed the names
of ethnic Turkish parliamentary candidates from a candidate list
after they refused to acknowledge that the killings of Armenians
during World War I amounted to genocide, despite the fact that
whether or not the issue could correctly be termed "genocide" remains
a matter of academic and political debate.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
