Unless Prime Minister Erdogan apologizes for his words, he'll play into the hands of Armenians and Greeks, giving them the chance to use those words against Turkey. Erdogans statements are directed against Turkish people and he deserves our condemnation, Turkish Nationalists' Leader Devlet Bahcheli said. "Let's call things by their names, to please his overseas and European masters, our Prime Minister betrays the memory of his forefathers. Turkish people say no to such government and Prime Minister, Milliyet cited Bakhtcheli as saying.

"Historical fact of ethnical minorities' eviction is a fascist action," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated at the annual congress of Justice and Development Party (AKP).