Turkologist: The law prohibiting the use of the word genocide is directedAgainst the Armenian and Kurdish deputies of the Turkish Mejlis

ArmInfo. The law prohibiting Use the word genocide, directed against Armenian and Kurdish Deputies of Mejlis of Turkey. Similar opinion was expressed by ArmInfo Turkologist Ruben Melkonyan.

On July 21, the Constitutional Commission of the Mejlis of Turkey adopted a legislative package prohibiting Turkish deputies from using the term genocide. The package, developed by the Justice and Development Party and the National Movement party, which cooperates with it, consists of 18 items - statutory issues, ethics rules for members of the Turkish parliament.

The bill sets a penalty for MPs "insulting the history and the joint past of the Turkish people." According to its initiators, this is the use of the term genocide in a conversation about the events of 1915.  The ban is also imposed on the words "Kurdistan" and "Kurdish provinces." "Violators" is planned to temporarily deprive the right to participate in the work of the Mejlis, to keep one-third of the salary, etc.  "Since 2007, when the opposition parliament was also found in the Turkish parliament, mainly Kurds, then Armenians from his rostrum heard speeches about the Armenian Genocide, after all, there were speeches on the Armenian question, which caused serious concern in Ankara.In this light, I assess this law as designed to solve this problem, not allowing parliamentarians to speak on this topic, "he said.

According to the estimates of the Turkologist, in the history of world parliamentarism, the prohibition within the precincts of parliament of the freedom of speech by the force of law is unprecedented. At the same time, he considers this normal for Erdogan's Turkey, in which everyone and everything are under the total control of the dictatorship.

"Of course, the authorities are also trying to silence Armenian deputies, for example, Karo Paylan's speeches are always very convincing and therefore convincing and supported by his nationality." All this seriously worries Ankara, "he said.

In this light, Melkonyan expects further attempts to force Caro Paylan and Celina Dogan to shut up.  However, he does not think that the Turkish authorities will succeed in this law. "To voice the Armenian problems, in particular, the Armenian Genocide, our compatriots within the walls of the Turkish parliament will always find other ways and ways," the Turkologist summed up.