Jailed Turkish publisher calls for parliament's recognition of Genocide

Turkish publisher and human rights activist Ragip Zarakolu has called upon his country’s parliament to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

Jailed in October amid the anti-Kurdish operations in Turkey, the activist has asked his lawyer to submit to the Grand National Assembly a petition to acknowledge the Genocide ahead of its 100th anniversary.

“It’s more than clear,” he said. “The Republic of Turkey is the successor of the Ottoman Empire. It is necessary to apologize for the 1915 Genocide, and the subsequent policies of deportation and assimilation. From the moral standpoint, it is the duty of Turkey’s, not other countries’ parliaments to make such apologies. ” he said, noting that 2015 marks the 100^th anniversary of the tragic events .  Read more... (286 words)

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