“This resolution will firstly condemn the deportations, massacres and violence against the Armenian and other people living in the Ottoman Empire. We think that it is first and foremost important to keep alive that memory. Thus, with this resolution we will commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide, and will condemn the role of Germany for being an ally of Turkey that time and not preventing that crime,” Bundestag Vice-President stated.

Speaking about her country and German people on the issue of the Holocaust recognition, she stated that taking a responsibility means a commitment to transform this responsibility to the new generations. “The number of people in Turkey, who face their history and criticize the actions of their government during that times, is gradually increasing,” she said. She added that they want to take a responsibility over the reconciliation of the Armenian and Turkish people, creating dialogue between them in order to jointly face the history.