Armenian allegations on the 1915 incidents were brought up at PACE's winter session as President Abdullah Gul addressed the Assembly.
The so-called Armenian allegations were brought up again when President Abdullah Gul, who went to Strasbourg by official invitation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Speaker Mevlut Cavusoglu, addressed the parliamentarians at the 2011 Winter Session and replied to questions posed by them.
Parliamentary Assembly Speaker Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Armenian allegations should be left to historians and politicians should not take decisions without having opinion and information about what really happened.
Cavusoglu said President Gul's answers were sincere and full of confidence. Turkey is now an important actor at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.
Turkish MP Mevlut Cavusoglu who has been the speaker of the Parliamentary Assembly for a year now is to retain his position for another term. This achievement which is tantamount to a vote of confidence is also an element enhancing Turkey's influence in the Council.
Cavusoglu said that it is the first time a Turkish deputy has become the speaker of Parliamentary Assembly and Turkey's aim is to show how Turkey, with its government and people, can contribute to Europe. He said further that Turkey is now a country which can register its success on every platform and that is why Turkey should keep its horizon wide and its goals hefty.
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