ANKARA – ”Armenian diaspora’s accusing Turkey of genocide is a legal crime,” Sukru Elekdag, MP of the main opposition party –Republican People’s Party (CHP)– said on Thursday.
Speaking at an international symposium held at Ankara’s Gazi University on ”Turkish-Armenian Relations and 1915 Incidents”, Elekdag said, ”those who advocate Armenian thesis, cannot prove their allegations within the context of the United Nations Conventions on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Article 4 of the Convention says that only persons and public officials can be accused of genocide, not juristic persons or states. Also, Article 6 of the same convention says that those allegations should be determined by competent tribunals.”
”Parliaments of several countries decided to recognize so-called Armenian genocide by violating the United Nations Convention. A decision made by violating international laws does not have any legal ground. The law does not define the 1915 incidents as crime of genocide. Therefore, an undefined act cannot be considered crime. This is the principle of ‘there is no crime without law’. Under all these principles, it is impossible to describe the 1915 incidents as genocide, and to accuse the Ottoman Empire and Turkey of genocide. Those allegations have both political and legal dimensions. Therefore, a court of arbitration should be formed to deal with the issue,” he said.
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