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Turkish ultranationalist politician Dogu Perincek made a short statement after Wednesday’s European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber hearing in Strasbourg, France, in the case of Perincek v. Switzerland, and claimed that, from now on, no one can say that the Turks committed genocide.

Perincek stated that the freedom of speech in Europe and the Western democracy were discussed again at the ECHR, reported Radikal daily of Turkey.

“The ECHR, just as before, reiterated that it is wrong to compare the Jewish Holocaust with the Armenian events. The ECHR decision revokes the decisions which Switzerland and the other Western countries adopted, since, from now on, no one can say that the Turks committed genocide. 

“(…) The ‘genocide claims,’ which degrade the Turks, have dried out. Hereon no one can accuse us of ‘unfounded genocide,’” he stated, in particular.  

In 2008, a Swiss court had convicted Dogu Perincek for denying the Armenian Genocide. In December 2013, the ECHR had ruled in favor of Perincek’s lawsuit that was filed against Switzerland. Subsequently, the Government of Switzerland had decided to petition that the Dogu Perincek case be referred for a review by the ECHR Grand Chamber. Separately, Armenia had petitioned to the ECHR, and it now acts as a third party in this case, whose ECHR Grand Chamber hearing was held on Wednesday. The decision will be announced in several months  

Dogu Perincek is chairman of the socialist Workers’ Party of Turkey. In addition, he heads the Turkish ultranationalist Talaat Pasha organization, which actively fights against the Armenian Genocide’s recognition in Europe.

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