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One of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) founders, MP Ismet Ucma, described the events in 1915 as a forcible deportation of a nation, and he apologized to the Armenians on his own behalf.    

In an interview with the Radikal daily of Turkey, the Turkish MP stated that the historians need to reveal all documents in connection with 1915, the politicians must examine these documents, and, subsequently, an international decision ought to be made on this matter.  

Ismet Ucma claimed that what happened to the Armenians in 1915 was not genocide, but rather a forcible deportation of a nation.

“It is necessary to say: ‘We apologize to you for some things that occurred in our past.’ I personally make that apology for the forcible deportation of a nation. Nothing should happen with a people when deporting them to somewhere else. But this was not the case with the Armenians. If these events had not occurred, there would not have been a [Armenian] Diaspora,” the Turkish MP said. 

Ismet Ucma added: “Turkey must open the border with Armenia while Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding talks. These people who have lived together with us, who shared the same feelings, and who have used the same literary language must achieve peace and tranquility.”

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