Etyen Mahçupyan denied the information that he had been relieved from his current office of senior advisor to Turkey’s PM.
“I haven’t been relieved from my office; I had already retired in March, since I’m 65. I’m the advisor to Turkey’s PM, but not officially,” Mahçupyan told Armenian News – NEWS.am, declining to answer other questions because of his overloaded working schedule.
After Pope Francis’ statement on Armenian Genocide, Mahçupyan stated: “If we term the events occurred in Bosnia and Africa as genocide, it’s impossible to say that what happened to Armenians is not a Genocide. The most important thing here is to confront one’s past, learn lessons from it and move forward. Without confrontation, the word ‘genocide’ conveys no meaning.”
Following this statement, Turkish PM’s administration disseminated a statement with regard to relieving Chief Advisor Etyen Mahçupyan from his office.
