Turkish Nationalist Movement Party MP, former chairperson of the Turkish Historical Society Usuf Halacoglu again tried to refute the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide during a TV program on a Turkish TV channel. He announced that there are still over 20 Armenian clans in Turkey which have changed their identity.

The historian, who is famous for his ridiculous attempts of denying the Armenian Genocide, announced during a live show that there are still over 20 Armenian clans living in Turkey which have changed their identity and represent themselves as Kurds.

Halacoglu presented a list on which apparently the names of the representatives of Armenian races, the villages where they live and the Kurdish names they use are listed. He stated several names including Mamikonyan and Rshtouni.