  Turkish MP publicly recognizes Armenian Genocide  April 27, 2012 - 18:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Istanbul deputy slammed Armenian Genocide denial policy at Turkish parliament. “A major massacre, which in every language of the world is called genocide, occurred in 1915. No amount of money could ever be enough to compensate for this crime against humanity,” Sırrı Sureyya Onder stressed. The MP further accused political forces trying to use the situation for personal gains and urged for Genocide recognition. As the MP stressed, Peace and Democracy Party will submit an initiative on announcing April 24 as the day of sharing the pain and grief of the Armenian people, Radikal daily reported. Partner news  Top stories “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion. A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov will be held on the sidelines of the event.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Weekly digest of foreign currency deals  Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.Gunmen kill Iraqi police officer's family The recent spike of violence has raised fears that the country might be heading to a new round of sectarian violence.Serzh Sargsyan reelected as Armenian Chess Federation president Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years.Aronian, Carlsen tie Norway Chess 2013 final round Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored 5 points to come 4th, with Magnus Carlsen taking the 2nd spot with 5.5 points. |
