YEREVAN.- The world must speak out, Armenian Prime Minister tweeted in response to Erdogan’s April 24 hate speech.
According to him, Ottoman’s Empire's entire Armenian population, which was sent to death marches is not just new high in denialism, but justification of nation murder.
Calling victims of #ArmenianGenocide, #OttomanEmpire's entire Armenian population, which was sent to death marches, as “Armenian gangs & thr supporters”, killing 1.5mm & justifying it by “most reasonable action” is not just new high in denialism,but justification of nation murder
— Nikol Pashinyan (@NikolPashinyan) April 24, 2019
“Above all, doing this on April 24 is an ultimate insult to the Armenian people and to humanity, extreme hate speech by Erdogan personally. The world must speak out,” Pashinyan added.
Erdogan stated earlier that "Armenians where the ones who were massacring Muslims during the years of World War I, and that in such conditions “the deportation of Armenian gangs and their supporters was the most reasonable thing to do”.