Paylan Submits Armenian Genocide Recognition Bill to Turkish Parliament

ISTANBUL””Garo Paylan, an Armenian Member of the Turkish Parliament representing the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) introduced a resolution in the Turkish Grand National Assembly calling for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and designating April 24 as a national day of remembrance and commemoration.

The resolution has various components, among them:

1. Recognition of the Armenian Genocide and April 24 th as a day of official commemoration of it .
2. A commission to be established to investigate and identify all perpetrators.
3. . Removal of the names of all perpetrators and masterminds of the Genocide from all Public Places, Institutions , Buildings .
4. Return of the citizenship rights to all individuals and their descendants ( within five degrees of relation) who were forcefully removed from their lands ; exiled , or exchanged with other populations ( Greeks).

In presenting the resolution, Paylan read from the text of the draft saying ”