ANKARA. – Turkish MP from Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, Altan Tan, called the 1915 events the genocide of Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire in the international scientific conference in Artuklu University in Mardin, Turkey.

The Kurdish MP, regarding Armenians living in Mardin, stated that what was done with Armenians in 1915 by the Turks was genocide, Turkish Radikal reports. Altan Tan stressed that according to the official version Armenians died during the deportations or disaster or were killed by the robbers.

“I speak as a human who has consciousness. No matter the conditions, those people were killed. The consequence was that the Armenian nation was annihilated. The proof is also the territory, which we occupy currently, and the demographic situation. At that time 13 million people lived in Turkey and Armenians made 10% of the population or 1.2 million. Currently the population is 75 million, while Armenians are only 40,000,” the MP stated.