This was the first genocide of the 20th century, with the systematic extermination of one and a half million people by the Ottoman authorities in 1915-1918. It was the precursor to the Jewish Holocaust, during World War II.
[/P]The parties' statements
AKEL: We do not forget the Armenian Genocide
"Today we remember the horrific crime of the Armenian Genocide, committed by the Young Turks in the period 1915-1923, which constitutes a black stain on the history of the entire humanity. We honour the victims of the Genocide and express our unreserved respect and sympathy to the friendly people of Armenia, the Armenians of the diaspora and of course to the Armenian community of Cyprus.
We reaffirm our support for the struggle of the Armenian nation for the universal recognition and remembrance of the Genocide it suffered. All states of the world, including Turkey itself, must recognize the historical truth and the Armenian Genocide. We express our solidarity with the fighters and activists inside Turkey who are fighting for the recognition of the Genocide.
Defending the historical memory of the Armenian Genocide is the duty of the whole world towards the Armenian nation but, at the same time, it is a tool to prevent the repetition of such heinous crimes in the future of humanity."
EPP: Monument of atrocity and barbarism
"A blatantly premeditated attempt to annihilate an entire nation, the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turks
A monument of atrocity and barbarism beyond all bounds, is the Genocide of the Armenians by the Young Turks, a genocide that began on 24 April 1915 with the murder of 250 Armenian intellectuals and continued as a manifestly premeditated attempt to annihilate an entire nation.
And while there is no doubt that the Young Turks applied the method of ethnic cleansing, sending over 1.5 million Armenians to their deaths, Turkey, even today, a hundred years after the completion of the genocide, does not admit that genocide was committed, proving to the entire civilized world that it does not reject the method of ethnic cleansing.
The Hellenic People's Party commemorates the memory of the victims of the atrocities of the Young Turks and declares that it stands by the people of Armenia, the Armenian Nation and especially the Armenians of Cyprus in the struggle for the vindication of their dead".
Movement of Ecologists.
On the occasion of April 24, the day of remembrance of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, we address a collective greeting to our brother Armenians of Cyprus and the Armenian nation.
The genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman regime is one of the greatest national crimes of the 20th century. The minimum vindication of the Armenian nation is the recognition of the genocide by today's Turkey. It is with particular indignation that we note the attitude of modern Turkey - which until recently claimed to be pursuing modernization and integration into civilized Europe - not wanting to break its ties with its Ottoman past. On the contrary, under Erdogan's leadership it seeks to revive it, both culturally and territorially.
We condemn Turkey's aggression against the Armenian Nation, which was recently expressed by its active participation in the attack by Azeri and Islamic mercenaries against the Armenians in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh).
We condemn Turkey's aggression against the Armenian Nation, which was recently expressed by its active participation in the attack by Azeri and Islamic mercenaries against the Armenians in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh).
We condemn Turkey's aggression against the Armenian Nation, which was recently expressed by its active participation in the attack by Azeri and Islamic mercenaries against the Armenians in Artsakh.
We believe that it should become a European obligation for Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Greece and Cyprus, as well as other European countries, should take the initiative and set this condition as a necessary element of the continuation of Turkey's accession course."
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