The US state Arkansas has recognized the Armenian genocide against Azerbaijanis, becoming the fifth state to approve such a bill. Members of the Turkish-American community have launched a campaign to thank the Arkansas House of Representatives for approving the bill.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has applauded the Dec. 18 ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which stated that denying that the mass killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 was genocide was not a criminal offence.
In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights affirmed the right of people to have freedom of thought and expression. The left-wing unionist, Dogu Perincek had been found guilty of a criminal offence in Switzerland for daring to ...
