The Turkish journalist Ahmet Hakan, who acknowledged the Armenian Genocide, was beaten by the members of Turkey’s ruling “Justice and Development” party (AKP). This information was confirmed by the AKP spokesman Ömer Çelik. The latter also noted that three of the persons who beat the journalist were party members.

AKP spokesman stated that the investigation on the party affiliation of the attacking persons revealed that three of them were AKP members, the Turkish newspaper Sozcu reports.

“After revealing all this, decision was taken to exclude these persons from the party,”  Ömer Çelik said.

Hürriyet columnist and CNNturk anchor Ahmet Hakan was brutally beaten in front of his own house on September 30 on his way home

The journalist was taken to the hospital, but no threat poses his life.  

Investigation is underway.

Ahmet Hakan proved by 7 points that the Armenian Genocide was committed in the Ottoman Empire.