DIYARBAKIR. - A delegation led by the president of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs), Johny Messo, met with Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir.

As the Turkish Haberler informs, the mayor mentioned that a great tragedy happened in the beginning of the 20th century as a result of which the Armenians, Syriacs and Yezidis had to leave their hometowns.

“They suffered much and left, but be assured that it is us, who stayed here, that lost something. After they left, we got poor and lost our peace. The new generation faces the history and condemns the cruelties of the past,” Osman Baydemir stated.