Kurdish co-mayor Ahmet Turk of Mardin, Turkey, has stated that he is ashamed of what their forefathers had done to the Armenians.

At a meeting with the Kurdish population in Germany, Turk spoke about the domestic politics in Turkey, the Kurdish issue, and the Armenian genocide, reported Cumhuriyet daily of Turkey.

“We are ashamed of what our ancestors had done to the Armenians and the Assyrians. When [they] left these ancient lands, we were faced with poverty; they were the wealth of our country.

“What a pity that the Kurds likewise were used in the massacres which the Young Turks had carried out,” Ahmet Turk said.