Paylan holding a photo of Krikor Odyan during a parliamentary address (Photo: Twitter)
ANKARA, Turkey—Armenian Member of Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan has decided to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after the Turkish Constitutional Court rejected his appeal to reverse his ban from three parliamentary sessions for referring to the Armenian Genocide during a parliamentary meeting.
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