A conference focused to the denial of the Armenian Genocide has angered several Turkish lawyers from Izmir, who have responded by issuing an apology for Armenians over the crime perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.
Turkish lawyers issue apology for Armenian Genocide
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 10, ARTSAKHPRESS։ According to Asbarez, the local branch of the Association of Modern Lawyers said that the alliance of lawyers responsible for establishing justice in Turkey is sure that what happened in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 was a crime of Genocide committed under the pretext of deportation.
The authors of the statement noted that there were also lawyers among the Armenians arrested and exiled to death in 1915.
“We, as lawyers from Izmir, will not allow that the crimes and the genocide committed against the Armenians be consigned to oblivion. We apologize to the Armenian people on behalf of our organization,” the statement reads.
