One of the leading organizations of Armenian diaspora in Europe, European Armenian Federation issued a written statement in which it claimed that the term "genocide" was not used in the text of "i apologize to my Armenian brothers" campaign in purpose and the aim for that was to decriminalisation of "slaughtering of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish government".
In the written statement Armenian organization claimed that "Armenian genocide" was a crime against humanity that Ottoman Turkey committed and it is claimed that Turkey should recognize and bear the consequences since it is the heir of Ottoman Empire.
Written statement of European Armenian Federation claimed that Turkey has no alternative other than recognizing so called "genocide" and bear its consequences. It wrote, "Turkish civil society should recognize this painful truth. The events that took place in Turkey between the years 1915-1923 were certainly a "genocide" and cannot be defined with some another word. Trying to deny it or using a shuffling language will only lengthen the denial policy of Turkey and would not bring anything other than leaving unsolved problems to the next generations."
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