Parliamentary question - E-005399/2020Parliamentary question
E-005399/2020

Turkey’s aggressive policy of intimidation and denial of the Armenian Genocide

Question for written answer E-005399/2020
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (PPE), Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (PPE), Vangelis Meimarakis (PPE), Georgios Kyrtsos (PPE), Stelios Kympouropoulos (PPE), Maria Spyraki (PPE), Manolis Kefalogiannis (PPE), Theodoros Zagorakis (PPE), Lefteris Christoforou (PPE), Radan Kanev (PPE), Demetris Papadakis (S&D), Ivan Štefanec (PPE), David Lega (PPE), Annie Schreijer-Pierik (PPE), Charlie Weimers (ECR), Chrysoula Zacharopoulou (Renew), Costas Mavrides (S&D), Eva Kaili (S&D), Hermann Tertsch (ECR), Elżbieta Kruk (ECR), Lukas Mandl (PPE), Massimiliano Salini (PPE), Ulrike Müller (Renew), Loucas Fourlas (PPE), Frédérique Ries (Renew)

In recent months, the Turkish authorities have adopted a particularly aggressive policy of intimidation against, inter alia, groups engaged in civic activism that are raising awareness about the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides in Ottoman Turkey[1].

In May 2020, an Armenian church in Istanbul was desecrated[2].

In June 2020, anti-Armenian demonstrations were held in Lebanon following the initiative of a group of extremists supported by Turkey, which were triggered by a video that glorifies the Armenian Genocide[3]. On June 15 2020, a meeting of the Turkish Presidency’s Consultation Council was convened in an effort to develop a predefined strategy to promote the denial of the Armenian Genocide and to oppose those fighting for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide worldwide[4].

Finally, on 23 June 2020, a number of high-level Turkish officials announced the launch of an organisation whose sole objective will be to fabricate material denying the Armenian Genocide.

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