Bulgaria scraps Armenian “genocide” declaration once again
Bulgaria's Parliament did not support the fifth consecutive attempt on behalf of the far-right Ataka (Attack) party to pass a declaration recognizing the Ottoman Empire's alleged genocide against Armenians in 1915-1916, Sofia news agency reported.
On Wednesday, Ataka leader Volen Siderov pointed out that it was completely normal for "a patriotic party like his" to support the recognition of the Armenian "genocide".
"To hide certain events from your history because they are bad for you as a country is demagogy in my opinion," Siderov pointed out.
Lyutvi Mestan, a key MP from the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, opposed Ataka's suggestion, stating that the Parliament was not an institution that should determine historical truths as the highest instance.
"The Bulgarian Parliament should not deal with that topic," Mestan declared.
Some 1 million Turks live in Bulgaria, forming the country's largest minority. Armenians, though considerably fewer in number, are also among Bulgaria's significant minorities.
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