Turkey\u2019s Pro-Kurdish People\u2019s Democratic Party has issued a statement commemorating the Armenian Genocide. Following is the text of the statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
104 years have passed since the Great Catastrophe (Metz Yeghern), a planned genocide of an ethnicity and faith, which began on 24 April 1915. More than two hundred Armenian intellectuals were taken from their homes and sent to death; the process continued with the exile of hundreds of thousands of Armenians, and many of them were systematically slaughtered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To wipe out differences to create a homogeneous society; to impose a single race, a single religion and a single language; to efface the memory of different peoples and faiths that have lived on these lands \u2013 this mentality continues to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No ethnic identity, language, culture or belief is superior to another on these lands in which different peoples and beliefs live together -but this simple fact has still not been accepted. And as a result, a confrontation with the crimes and shame that have made our land poorer has always been postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lamenting crimes against humanity and facing historical facts; apologizing to victims and communities and resorting to restorative justice; understanding each other and healing the wounds with a sincere approach are essential steps for a common future. Developing feelings of conscience and justice, and sharing this great pain is also the path to build a democratic, peaceful and equal future together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the grandchildren of the ancient peoples of Anatolia and Mesopotamia, we share the sorrow and pain of 104 years, and commemorate with grief and respect all those who have fallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party
Central Executive Board
24 April 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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