The draft law to recognize Turkey’s crimes against humanity and apologize for the happenings is not pro-Armenian from the angle of Armenians’ interests, but pro-Kurdish. This is what turkologist, President of Yeprat Center Gevorg Petrosyan said during a November 29 press conference, reports “ArmenPress”.

“There is a comparison between the Kurdish massacres and the Armenian Genocide, meaning the Armenian Genocide is being compared with the massacres of Dersim, Chorum, Sebastia and Marash where the Kurds and the Alevis were the victims. This is not just a draft law for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, but an attempt to recognize several incidents and massacres at the same time, meaning an attempt is being made to compare those incidents with each other. However, they are different in terms of scale and essence. The Armenian Genocide can’t be compared with the Kurdish massacres,” Gevorg Petrosyan mentioned.

According to the turkologist, in addition to speculating the Armenian Genocide, some Kurdish political figures are making an attempt to pressure the Turkish government. Interestingly, some circles of Kurds often try to throw the blame for the genocide only on the Turkish government.

According to the President of Yeprat Center, this caused uproar in Turkey since it’s unprecedented. Nevertheless, there are some sub-elements that can be risky for the Armenians. Recently, woman deputy of Turkey’s “Democratic Party of Peoples” (HDP) Sebahat Tuncel submitted to the Parliament of Turkey a draft law suggesting that President Recep Tayyib Erdogan apologize to the Armenians for the Armenian Genocide. Moreover, the President must officially apologize on behalf of the entire Republic of Turkey. According to the proposed draft law, the President of Turkey must also officially apologize from the podium of the Parliament and must read the text of the apology at one of the sites of the Armenian massacres the following day. Afterwards, in the course of a maximum of one year, a parliamentary committee must be established and all state archives must be opened in front of the members of that committee.