Erdogan says media distorted Armenia remarks
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the
international media have distorted his remarks on the Armenians
illegally living and working in Turkey.
Erdogan said in an interview with the BBC last week that the 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey illegally could be deported. He made the statement in protest at the adoption of the so-called Armenian genocide resolutions by a number of parliaments.
Turkish Haberturk newspaper quoted Erdogan as saying that the media have left out the word "illegally" in an effort to make a row. He said there was a huge difference between the phrases "deportation of Armenians" and "deportation of illegally living Armenians".
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4 endorsed the "genocide" resolution with a 23-22 vote. The bill is now expected to go to the 435-member House. About a week later, Sweden's parliament, by a vote of 131-130, backed a resolution on the alleged genocide, a claim that Turkey resolutely rejects. *
Erdogan said in an interview with the BBC last week that the 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey illegally could be deported. He made the statement in protest at the adoption of the so-called Armenian genocide resolutions by a number of parliaments.
Turkish Haberturk newspaper quoted Erdogan as saying that the media have left out the word "illegally" in an effort to make a row. He said there was a huge difference between the phrases "deportation of Armenians" and "deportation of illegally living Armenians".
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4 endorsed the "genocide" resolution with a 23-22 vote. The bill is now expected to go to the 435-member House. About a week later, Sweden's parliament, by a vote of 131-130, backed a resolution on the alleged genocide, a claim that Turkey resolutely rejects. *
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