In his Twitter account, the Turkish parliament’s pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) member Sirri Sakik apologized for his recent regrettable comparison.    

“As the son of a people [that is, the Kurds] who were subjected to massacre for centuries, it was impossible for me to offend other nations who have had the same fate,” Sakik stated, T24.com website of Turkey reports. 

To note, during a recent public rally in Izmir, Turkey, Sirri Sakik had called upon the Turkish authorities and said: “Get smart! The Kurds are not the Armenians of 1915 for you to massacre! The Kurds are not the Greeks and the Jews, who survived the September 6-7, 1955 [Istanbul riots], for you to tyrannize!”