Turkish Opposition Criticizes Erdogan for Statement on Deporting Illegal Armenians

The statement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — that he will deport illegal Armenians from Turkey should the Armenian Diaspora continue its efforts to have more parliaments adopt resolutions recognizing the Armenian Genocide — is vey dangerous and violates human rights, said Deniz Baykal, leader of Turkey’s largest opposition party, the Republican People’s Party, reports the Turkish press.

“The wish to use people who have come to work in Turkey as playing cards to solve a dispute is unacceptable and violates human rights,” said Baykal.

Earlier, as a sort of backlash to a wave of adoption of genocide resolutions, a suggestion to deport illegal Armenians from Turkey had been made by Canan Arıtman, a member of the same Republican People’s Party.