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Turkish PM: My words about expulsion of Armenians were misinterpreted

19 March 2010 [14:48] - TODAY.AZ
My words about expulsion of 100,000 Armenian immigrants living in Turkey from the country have been misinterpreted by the Turkish press, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by the CNN Turk.

"My word about deportation of illegal Armenians were misinterpreted and were perceived as deportation of Armenians from Turkey, even those who have Turkish citizenship," Erdogan said at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

"Unfortunately, the news was spread without regard to what I was referring to the Armenian illegals and not all the Armenians in Turkey ".

Erdogan called on the Turkish journalists to defend interests of their country.

He also raised the question of the Armenian-Turkish relations, saying that the recent debates on so-called "Armenian genocide" in the parliaments of several countries have an enormous impact on normalization of the Yerevan- Ankara relations, adding that Turkey will not suffer from it.

"History should not be discussed by parliaments," Erdogan added.


/Trend News/
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