ArmInfo. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminded about the tolerant attitude towards Armenians living in the country, Turkish media reported.
So, Erdogan in Istanbul during a speech at the forum "Budapestof the process "on migration issues stated that Turkey for the lastyears, took 4 million migrants - of which 3, 6 million Syrianof refugees. He also recalled the Armenians living in Turkey. "Weneither were the Arameans, nor the Christians who fled from the military clashes in Syria forcibly sent back. On the other hand, we did not send the Armenians back either. Now about 100 thousand Armenians live in Turkey, 40 thousand of them are citizens of Turkey. The rest are not Turkish citizens, but we will not deport them because they came to Turkey because of difficulties in their country, "Erdogan assured.
The Turkish leader touched upon the Armenian issue, stating that there is propaganda in Europe on this issue, and Turkey insists on studyingthis topic by historians. Erdogan once again assured that in the history of Turkey there were no genocides against any ethnic group.