ANKARA - MPs from Turkey's Main Opposition party, CHP, condemned Wednesday the campaign launched to apologize from Armenians for the incidents of 1915.
Parliamentarians of Republican's People's Party (CHP) who hold seats at the foreign relations committee of the Turkish Parliament, released a communique saying that Turkey had nothing to apologize for regarding 1915 incidents.
"The claim that Turkey committed a crime in those years, requiring an apology has no legal or historical foundation. If there is someone who needs to apologize, it is the Armenian side, who attacked Turkish soldiers and killed hundreds of thousands of Turkish citizens while siding with and supporting a foreign country on an attempt to invade Ottoman territory," said the communique.
The Parliamentarians also said the Armenians also needed to apologize for massacring thousands of Azerbaijani citizens, invading Azerbaijani territory and forcing one million of its citizens to exile.
They also said Armenians needed to apologize for not prosecuting and punishing ASALA terrorists who assassinated Turkish diplomats.
"While these facts remain, the attempt to apologize from Armenians has been rather an act violating the homage we owe to our history and ancestors, and one that hurts the honour of the Turkish Nation," said the communique.
(OZG-AÖ)
(DIP)