In its statement released in connection with the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish “Peace and Democracy Party” (BDP), which is a parliamentary political force, noted that the genocide, which was committed in 1915 against the Armenians, was one of the greatest tragedies in the 20th century.

In its statement, BDP called upon the Turkish authorities to face Turkey’s own history and to apologize to the Armenians, ANKA news agency of Turkey reports.

“The Armenian people suffered great pain and were taken from their lands. The genocide wounds and pains are preserved in the society’s recollections because Turkey has not yet confronted its history and one of the greatest genocides of the 20th century, it has not accepted the genocide and has not apologized to the Armenians.

“We call upon Turkey to confront its own history and to apologize to the Armenians, who have lived in great pain, with the hope that such thing will never repeat. We pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide,” the Peace and Democracy Party statement reads in particular.