Erdogan called on the leadership of the CHP, currently the main opposition party in Turkey, to apologize for the massacres. Erdogan showed the documents during his speech and implicated the Turkish leadership at the time in the massacres.Īccording to Anatolia News Agency, Erdogan referred to the Dersim killings as “the most tragic incident of our near past.”Įrdogan laid the blame squarely on the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which was the single party ruling Turkey until the mid-20 th century. The apology on behalf of the Turkish Republic came on the heels of the release of documents showing that military operations had killed thousands in the Dersim region in the late 30s. ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized today for the killings in Dersim (now Tunceli) from 1936-39.
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