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Garo Paylan: ‘I Call It Genocide; You Can Call It Whatever You Want’
ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—Armenian member of Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was temporarily banned from parliamentary sessions after referring to the Armenian Genocide during deliberations on proposed changes to the country’s constitution on Jan. 13.
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GARO PAYLAN IS A COURAGEOUS SOUL FOR MAKING SUCH COMMENTS IN THE TURKISH PARLIMENT. GOD BLESS HIM.
Nicely stated, Mr. Paylan. Is anyone listening?
I call Garo a brave hero, otherw can call him whatever they want.
Bravo, but be careful you are dealing with savages.
This guy is really BRAVE, he’s more than courageous/brave he’s crasy,
Կարոն արդարության համար ինքնամոռաց պայքարող հերոս է: Նա հայ ազգի հպարտությունն է! Վախենում եմ նրա կյանքի համար:
Well done, brave Garo. You make me proud to be 3/16ths Armenian. Proud and joyful and hopeful.
Oh my Gosh ! What a speech, what a refrain, what courage !
Politics turned to art form….So potentially effective for those who care to listen….but who ?
I want to say Bravo ! to Garo, but when we met in Washington, I said “Be careful, we need you for the long haul”.
Garo is One in 10,000.
We should all stand up and applaud Garo Paylan. How brave he is to confront Erdogan “in his own house”. We should all learn a lesson from Garo.
All Armenians should stand up and applaud Garo’s courage to say it like it is.
Garo, you are truly the voice of the voiceless….GOD HAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU!! Yes…you called it right…GENOCIDE
To say what he did in the Turkish parliament. What a hero. It reminds of Emile Zola’s letter J”ACCUSE about the injustice to the jewish french officer Dreifus at the turn of the 20th century!
Dear Garo, teach the Turkish parliamentarians the way you did in the above beautifully worded speech because most of them don”t know the truth; or know the falsified version of it. We wish you good luck, safer life and success in your heroic effort of bringing justice in a very dangerous envirement.
Why would he be banned ??
I think that says it all.
Garo, you are the voice of our 1.5 million, you are the voice of Armenians around the world, you are the voice of Armenians in Turkey. Bravo and God bless you and please be careful. I pray you be untouchable as they [Turkish Government] is coward, and as always and can’t face the truth, but can only stab from the back.
I commend you, Baron Paylan, for your immense courage. Asvadz bahe.
Bravo Garo for your courage and relentless effort speaking loud and clear for the Armenian cause, in the heart of Turkey with such a fearless courage.
Turkey is not that much brave as they claim to be If it wasn’t without the support of the United States. Needless to say Mr. Obama’s false promises for the Armenian people That will recognize the Armenian genocide the past eight years that he did not keep.
Keep it up were all proud of you
They can call him whatever for me he is a hero!
I’m here today because my grandfather survived the Genocide committed by the Ottmans. I too am a survivor of the sword like Garo & many others. Humanity must learn from past mistakes in order to have peaceful future.
Again the answer to all of this is Armenian Unity: One Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora. Anyone or anything trying to go counter is a TRAITOR to the Armenian nation. Mr. Paylan is brave and honorable trying to convince snakes to be human and own up to their past. Turks will NEVER admit to the genocide. It would de legitimize their “glorious state”. Its a waste of time and can be harmful to his health.
Such bravery!!
Anyone can say these things in most countries. But to have the guts to say them in Turkey-and parliament no less.Wow!!
I could hardly believe my eyes, reading this article. Garo Paylan is so courageous to stand up and speak the truth in a country that massacred Armenians and a country that will not admit to the truth: GENOCIDE. I know too well of my ancestors that were slaughtered during this horrific time in history. BRAVO – Garo. You are our hero!
I congratulate Garo for a well prepared and presented speech but let’s remember how they killed Hrant, he has to be very careful.May God protect him🙏
That was certainly quite brave of Garo Paylan to deliver such a speech in front of the Turkish parliament. However, he’s incorrect by including the Jews as one of the four groups that was subjected to a genocide by the Ottoman Turks. The Ottoman Turks certainly persecuted their Jewish population, but they never committed a genocide against the Jews. As a matter of fact, Jewish organizations (here in the United States) who for many years assisted the Turkish government in its intense denialism campaign of the Armenian Genocide (the first modern genocide in history), have never accused the Turks of committing a “Jewish Genocide.”