Portugal’s Parliament Recognizes Armenian Genocide
The Portugal Parliament, known as the Assembly of the Republic, is session.
(Asbarez)- Lawmakers in Portugal on Friday voted overwhelmingly to recognize the Armenian Genocide, saying in a resolution passed at the Assembly of the Republic that “the systematic extermination by the Ottoman authorities directed at the Armenian minority in its ...
NSW Premier “confident” Australia will recognize Armenian Genocide
"The Sydney Morning Herald",- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has renewed calls on her colleagues in federal government to formally recognize the the Armenian Genocide – and slammed the Turkish government's "tactics of denial" as "textbook".
Speaking at an event commemorating the 104th anniversary of the Genocide, Berejiklian ...
Erdogan Says Deporting Armenians Was ‘Appropriate’ at the Time
(Bloomberg)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century was “reasonable” at the time.
Erdogan made the comment Wednesday at a symposium where he slammed France for marking the Ottoman campaign against the Armenians as a genocide.
“The relocation of the Armenian ...