ArmInfo. Turkish President Recep Erdogan issued a decree, according to which, under the auspices of Istanbul University, the "International Institute for the Study of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity" will be formed Co-Chair at Israel-Armenia International Public Forum, former member of the Knesset Alexander Tsinker announced.
He also recalled that earlier in Turkey, a state institution had already been formed for the policy of denying the genocide committed by the Turkish authorities of the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks.
"We can safely state that the new decision of Erdogan creates another mechanism for strengthening the Turkish policy of denying the genocide of 1915," Tsinker said.