Mayor of Diyarbakir Osman Baydemir posted the video of the meeting with Armenian journalists on Facebook.

The video recorded 800 likes, more than 100 comments were posted and many expressed content with the Mayor’s statement.

It is noteworthy, the meeting between Diyarbakir Mayor and Armenian journalists received a wide response in Turkey.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Mayor of the Turkish city of Diyarbakir Osman Baydemir met with Armenian and Turkish journalists in his office. Member of Kurdish Peace and Democracy party, Baydemir noted that meeting with the Armenian journalists is one of the happiest days during his 7 years’ tenure.Mayor recalled that about 100 years ago the city was deprived of its wealth after Armenians and Assyrians were displaced forcedly.

“As mayor of Diyarbakir, I would like to show maximum activity and initiative. We should not forget that Armenians lived in this region, both in Mesopotamia and in Anatolia, for long time. It is unacceptable that the relationships have not been normalized yet,” he said.

"Present generation is not to blame for what happened, but is obliged to say: yes, there was a massacre, and we are sorry about this. However, my words are not enough. It should be stated by prime minister, president and parliament. Then we will go to Yerevan to lay flowers at the Monument to Armenian Genocide victims and normalization will start.”