My Turn
Cem Ozdemir: ‘Young Turks Are Traitors; Talat and Enver Criminals’
Cem Özdemir , co-chair of the Green Party, delivered a passionate speech in the German Parliament (Bundestag) on June 2 in support of the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, while acknowledging Germany’s complicity in this mass crime.
Özdemir , born in Germany, is son of Turkish-Circassian (Cherkess) migrant parents. He was the first person of Turkish descent elected to the Bundestag (1994-2002). He reentered the German Parliament in 2013, after serving in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009.
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What a beautiful person. What a beautiful soul. What a brave person. Oh, G-d, if there were only more like him. He must be protected against evil persons with no conscience.
I was very impressed and also touched by the courageous speech Ozdemir gave at the German Bundestag. My heartfelt congratulations to this brave person. We need more of them in this world.
May God bless his soul and courage.
Ozdemer is the role model for civilise democratic and hypocritical countries who are shamelessly avoiding to recognise most tragical genocide.
Thank you Mr Sassounian for this à propos article.
If any one wants to see this brave gentleman perform in the Bundestag, here is a link to a short (10′) youtube video, where you can also see some of the discussion (where Özdemir is passionately ad libbing) as well as Chancellor Merkel consulting with her party benches during the debate: https://youtu.be/cLKT8oH-ILU . There is another 1hr12′ debate of the Bundestag on this issue starting with Norbert Lammert (President): https://youtu.be/uNpiPnIXKvM . I found it interesting to see some of the reactions of the Turkish delegation during these speeches.
Finally, here is the link to the 11′ Civilnet interview mentioned in this California Courrier editorial: https://youtu.be/4OqSv3jFQKE In it, Özdemir speaks in fluent Turkish. The video is dubbed in Armenian but has sub-titles in English.
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Not only we Armenians should be thankful to Ozdemer and those who voted Yes at Bundestag, but all the progressive human race, because Genocide is a global shame! Hope that some world leaders join the progressive part of human race too.
I salute this man for his courage and decency. One of my grandfathers as a young boy, was saved by a Circassian tribe and eventually left to find what was left of his kin. Must come from a good heritage.
for years germany was never implicated in the armenian genocide,germany finally realized turkey can not finger them with this crime,because that would put them in a position of admitting.to geocide,germany does not like armenians they just had enough of the turks.
THANK-YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!